“Real estate investing has given me freedom and security, and I want to help other high-tech professionals like myself achieve that as well.”
- Henry Che
Henry Che is the co-founder and chief operating officer of Che Capital Asset Management, where he leads the firm's operations, asset management, and execution. He brings more than two decades of leadership from the Fortune 500 pharmaceutical industry, one of the world's most complex, regulated, and execution-critical sectors, having held technology and operations leadership roles with Gilead, Astellas, and Biogen Idec, and senior consulting roles at Baxter, AbbVie, and other leading companies.
That pedigree shaped a leader defined by disciplined execution. In environments where precision, compliance, and reliability are non-negotiable, Henry built and trained high-performing teams, stood up complex operating systems, and delivered results under intense scrutiny. He carries the same standard into real estate: rigorous processes, accountable teams, and operations that perform exactly as they were underwritten.
Enterprise is in his lineage. A graduate of the University of California, Irvine, Henry comes from a family with three generations of business ownership, and he pairs a corporate operator's discipline with an entrepreneur's instinct for building something durable. At Che Capital, he owns the work that protects investor returns, from execution and capital deployment to renovation and in-house property operations, making certain the firm delivers on the ground, not just on paper. Team building, training, execution, and operations are the disciplines he is known for.
Henry also leads the land-entitlement process, the complex, multi-year work of turning raw land into a permitted, buildable project. He manages every party at the table: municipal planning departments and staff, planning commissions, zoning boards, and city councils; the public, neighbors, neighborhood and community associations, and other stakeholders whose support a project needs at public hearings; and the full professional team of architects, civil and traffic engineers, environmental and geotechnical engineers, land-use attorneys, surveyors, urban and land planners, landscape architects, and environmental consultants, coordinating throughout with utility providers and the building and permitting department. Shepherding a project through hearings, approvals, and permits is among the highest-risk phases in real estate, and it is one Henry owns end to end.
Henry co-founded Che Capital with his wife and partner, Delphine Nguyen. Married in Orange County, California in 2003, they have built their partnership the same way they build for investors, patiently, and for the long term. Delphine leads capital, acquisitions, and investor relationships; Henry leads operations and execution. For the families who invest alongside them, that means every dollar is sourced, underwritten, and operated by principals whose interests are fully aligned with each other and with their partners.
It is a rare combination: institutional rigor from the Fortune 500, the resourcefulness of a third-generation entrepreneur, and a founding team that treats investors' capital with the same care as their own.
Away from the business, Henry is the father of the couple's two college-age daughters, and he leads at home with the same intention he brings to work. However, demanding the schedule, he protects time for them, visiting them at college, traveling overseas together, or simply taking a walk to talk through school, career, and life. Above all, he has made sure they know he is always there when they need him.
20+ years in the Fortune 500 pharmaceutical industry · Leadership: Gilead · Astellas · Biogen Idec · Senior consulting: Baxter · AbbVie
Core strengths: land entitlement & development approvals, team building, training, execution, and operations · Third-generation entrepreneur · University of California, Irvine
Co-Founder & COO, operations, asset management, and in-house property operations
Husband-and-wife founding team with Delphine Nguyen (married 2003)
Biography
Real estate is our craft; people are our purpose.
Henry Che is the co-founder and chief operating officer of Che Capital Asset Management, where he leads the firm's operations, asset management, and execution. He brings more than two decades of leadership from the Fortune 500 pharmaceutical industry, one of the world's most complex, regulated, and execution-critical sectors, having held technology and operations leadership roles with Gilead, Astellas, and Biogen Idec, and senior consulting roles at Baxter, AbbVie, and other leading companies.
That pedigree shaped a leader defined by disciplined execution. In environments where precision, compliance, and reliability are non-negotiable, Henry built and trained high-performing teams, stood up complex operating systems, and delivered results under intense scrutiny. He carries the same standard into real estate: rigorous processes, accountable teams, and operations that perform exactly as they were underwritten.
Enterprise is in his lineage. A graduate of the University of California, Irvine, Henry comes from a family with three generations of business ownership, and he pairs a corporate operator's discipline with an entrepreneur's instinct for building something durable. At Che Capital, he owns the work that protects investor returns, from execution and capital deployment to renovation and in-house property operations, making certain the firm delivers on the ground, not just on paper. Team building, training, execution, and operations are the disciplines he is known for.
Henry also leads the land-entitlement process, the complex, multi-year work of turning raw land into a permitted, buildable project. He manages every party at the table: municipal planning departments and staff, planning commissions, zoning boards, and city councils; the public, neighbors, neighborhood and community associations, and other stakeholders whose support a project needs at public hearings; and the full professional team of architects, civil and traffic engineers, environmental and geotechnical engineers, land-use attorneys, surveyors, urban and land planners, landscape architects, and environmental consultants, coordinating throughout with utility providers and the building and permitting department. Shepherding a project through hearings, approvals, and permits is among the highest-risk phases in real estate, and it is one Henry owns end to end.
Henry co-founded Che Capital with his wife and partner, Delphine Nguyen. Married in Orange County, California in 2003, they have built their partnership the same way they build for investors, patiently, and for the long term. Delphine leads capital, acquisitions, and investor relationships; Henry leads operations and execution. For the families who invest alongside them, that means every dollar is sourced, underwritten, and operated by principals whose interests are fully aligned with each other and with their partners.
It is a rare combination: institutional rigor from the Fortune 500, the resourcefulness of a third-generation entrepreneur, and a founding team that treats investors' capital with the same care as their own.
Away from the business, Henry is the father of the couple's two college-age daughters, and he leads at home with the same intention he brings to work. However, demanding the schedule, he protects time for them, visiting them at college, traveling overseas together, or simply taking a walk to talk through school, career, and life. Above all, he has made sure they know he is always there when they need him.
AT A GLANCE
20+ years in the Fortune 500 pharmaceutical industry · Leadership: Gilead · Astellas · Biogen Idec · Senior consulting: Baxter · AbbVie
Core strengths: land entitlement & development approvals, team building, training, execution, and operations · Third-generation entrepreneur · University of California, Irvine
Co-Founder & COO, operations, asset management, and in-house property operations
Husband-and-wife founding team with Delphine Nguyen (married 2003)