KIBO Group, Inc. was founded in 1996 as a company that would specialize exclusively in the entitlement, development and construction of real estate in Southern California. Its mission is to be an innovative and entrepreneurial company that is involved in real estate projects of a high quality of construction and aesthetics and great pride of ownership for its end users and owners.

Since its inception, KIBO Group, Inc., has been involved in the development of multiple custom residential and commercial projects that have won accolades by its end users, owners, press and the public.  Currently, KIBO Group, Inc. and its affiliated entities are involved in the entitlement, development and construction of custom homes, multi unit residential subdivisions, apartment buildings and commercial projects in Southern California. 

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Alberto Valner is the President and founder of KIBO Group, Inc., a real estate company. Born and raised in Mexico City, Alberto moved to California to attend the University of California at Los Angeles and then went on to the Architecture School at the University of Southern California. While attending USC, he began working for Woodland Construction in Calabasas, California, a residential custom builder and developer of planned residential communities. 

Alberto founded KIBO Group, Inc. in 1996 as a vertically integrated real estate company that would specialize exclusively in the development and construction of residential and commercial real estate projects in Southern California. Subsequently, Alberto founded its affiliated entities Don Augusto, Inc., a concrete contractor that specializes in both complex foundation projects and high-end architectural concrete structures and KIBO Property Management, Inc., a property management company of shopping centers and apartment buildings.   

Through KIBO Group, Inc. and its affiliated entities, Alberto currently oversees the development and construction of multiple residential, multi-family and mixed-use projects, as well as the management of shopping centers and apartment buildings in Southern California.  Over the past 30 years, Alberto has been involved in the entitlement, development, construction, and management of over 2,700 single family homes, 1,000 apartment units, and over 1,500,000 square feet of office, commercial and industrial real estate.

Alberto, together with his wife Stacy founded the Phase One Foundation in 1999, which has become a leading non-for profit organization in Southern California dedicated to supporting cancer research. They have four children.

Paul Gillette supervises and oversees all of the construction projects that KIBO Group, Inc. and its affiliated entities. Prior to joining KIBO Group, Inc. Paul was a general contractor and ran his own concrete contracting business. Paul has been with KIBO Group, Inc. since its inception in 1996 and aside from overseeing KIBO Group, Inc.’s construction projects, he oversees and runs the field operations of Don Augusto, Inc., which is a concrete contractor affiliated with KIBO Group, Inc. Don Augusto Inc. specializes in the construction of both complex foundation systems for residential and commercial projects as well as high end exposed architectural concrete walls and surfaces.  

Niki Valner graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications. Her professional career began at StartEngine, an equity crowdfunding platform where she assisted in product and client services. She then moved on to The GREAT, an up and coming women’s collection. Niki joined KIBO Group, Inc. in 2018 and is involved in facilitating all facets of the company's development, construction and property management. She specializes as a project manager where she oversees a project from its acquisition through the sale or stabilization of the asset. Additionally, through KIBO Property Management, Inc. an affiliate of KIBO Group, Inc., Niki oversees all property management and leasing of KIBO’s multi-family, commercial and mixed-use developments in Southern California. Niki is a licensed Real Estate Sales agent.

Sylvia Olson retired in 2020 after 24 years of working for KIBO Group. During her tenure, Sylvia oversaw all of the financial and accounting operations of KIBO Group Inc. and its affiliated entities.  She had been with the company since its inception. Sylvia assists from time to time during both busy and tax seasons.