Andrew Welker

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Founder and CEO of Welker Properties, DBA Welker Capital, Andrew Welker, is an avid adventurer—whether flying helicopters, captaining boats, advancing his scuba diving skills or fly fishing, he’s always looking for the next adrenaline rush. The same daring passion has been applied to Welker’s business life. He bought his first investment property at just 23-years-old, and in 2008, in the height of the recession, he became a founding partner at New Western Acquisitions, a Texas-based real estate firm that was ranked one of the top 10 fastest growing companies in Texas by the Dallas Business Journal. Welker led the charge in growing the company into one of the largest home buyers in the nation for over nine years, serving as CEO for the majority of his tenure at New Western. Under his tutelage, the company purchased over 12,000 distressed residential properties all over the United States, at a value of over $2 billion which made the company one of the largest homebuyers in the nation.

Welker entered into the multifamily industry in 2018 with the launch of Welker Properties, a vertically integrated real estate development company located in Dallas, TX. The company’s focus is on both value-add multifamily opportunities and new development positioned in areas with the strongest market fundamentals prime for high growth.

Besides being a renegade both in his business and personal life, Welker also gets an adrenaline rush from his philanthropic pursuits. He launched the Welker Foundation in 2017, a charity wherein all profits raised are donated to Habitat for Humanity.