Using Farmland for Wealth Creation with Stephen Johnston

Beyond Wealth: Success Unscripted

In this episode of Beyond Wealth: Success Unscripted, host Matt Calnan sits down with Stephen Johnston, the private equity managing partner at Omnigens Asset Management. Stephen shares his insights and experiences on using farmland as a means for wealth creation. With over a decade of experience in alternative funds, including farmland, SME buyouts, private credit, and energy spaces, Stephen has managed assets totaling more than $1 billion.

What You’ll Learn:

• Stephen’s journey from investing in Eastern Europe and Russia to focusing on Canadian farmland.
• The strategic advantages of investing in farmland and how it serves as a hedge against stagflation.
• Insights into the Canadian farmland market and its unique value proposition.
• How Omnigens Asset Management manages and scales its investments in farmland and SMEs.
• The importance of diversification in farmland investment and the advantages of investing through a farmland fund.

About Stephen Johnston: Stephen Johnston is a private equity managing partner at Omnigens Asset Management. With extensive experience in real asset private equity investments, Stephen has been a key figure in managing alternative funds, particularly in the farmland sector. Under his leadership, Omnigens has become one of the largest institutional farmland investment managers in Canada, managing approximately 125,000 acres.

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