Chris Burbach, CFA
President & Chief Executive Officer
Chris Burbach is President and Chief Executive Officer of Fundamental Income. He also jointly leads the Company’s Investment Committee. Chris co-founded Fundamental Income in 2018 and led the acquisition of the Company by Starwood Property Trust in 2025 for $2.2 billion.
Before founding Fundamental Income, Chris served as Executive Vice President of Underwriting for STORE Capital for seven years. In that role, he led the underwriting of approximately $12 billion in net lease investments, including over $7.5 billion in closed transactions. Chris also served as both a member and chairman of STORE’s Investment Committee. In addition to his investment and management responsibilities, Chris co-led numerous aspects of STORE’s capital markets activities, including corporate capital strategy, corporate credit ratings, the issuance of $725 million in investment grade corporate unsecured notes, and the issuance of over $2 billion in asset-backed notes, including A+ and AAA-rated notes.
Before joining STORE, Chris spent six years at Spirit Finance Corporation, where he served as the Vice President of Investment Management responsible for managing the company’s $3.5 billion real estate investment portfolio, in addition to managing the underwriting group. Chris earned his B.S. in Finance from Santa Clara University and his M.B.A. from Arizona State University. Chris is also a CFA® charterholder.




