Philip Wise

Partner

Philip Wise is a founding partner of Cienda Partners. He also serves as President of Mission Holdings, a private investment company that has led over $350 million of various investments since its creation in 2000. Philip's career has included more than 25 years of diverse investment and management experience.

Prior to founding Mission Holdings, Philip served for twelve years as Executive Vice President and Investment Manager for Crow Holdings, the Trammell Crow family holding company. He had lead responsibility for over $2 billion in transactions and managed a diversified portfolio of real estate, construction materials and real estate service company investments. In that capacity, Philip served as the Vice-Chairman of the Infomart, the Dallas Market Center and the Box-Crow Cement Company, He also served on the boards of the Jones-Blair Paint Company, Title Resources Corporation, Access Communications and the DFW Teleport.

Philip spent the initial two years of his career as an attorney in private practice with Wise & Stuhl representing a variety of private investors. He was recruited to leave his law practice to serve as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Cambridge Companies, a diversified real estate company, where in three years, he led over $500 million in acquisitions.

Philip graduated from Southern Methodist University with degrees in business, political science and law. Philip is actively involved in a variety of national and local charitable and civic activities. He serves by appointment of the Mayor of Dallas as the Chairman of the Dallas Faith Communities Coalition. He also serves as the Chairman of the Advisory Board of Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity (the seventh largest homebuilder in the City of Dallas), the Enterprise Foundation's Leadership Council, and on the Executive Board of the SMU School of Law.