Atticus has been an entrepreneur since 2005 and founded PadSplit, the country’s largest co-living marketplace, in 2017. He structured PadSplit as a Public Benefit Corporation with a social impact mission
to help solve the affordable housing crisis for the 50% of US households who can't afford their rent. Through its shared housing model, PadSplit has aligned incentives between property owners, cities and those who seek affordable housing, which allows residents to save more money and dramatically improve their lives. PadSplit offers thousands of affordable rental units throughout the U.S. without any
government subsidy, which has resulted in more than $100M in savings for renters, and over $3.5 billion dollars saved for taxpayers.
Before founding PadSplit, Atticus served as an affordable housing developer and contractor for more than a decade, starting with $10k in savings and scaling to over $100M in real estate assets. He still serves as co-founder and co-managing partner of Stryant Investments and Stryant Construction, which specialize in unique real estate investments & adaptive re-use of historic buildings.
A recognized thought leader on housing solutions, he has presented at MIT, Yale, UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech, Emory, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, Inc. Magazine, and TechCrunch. He has served as the chair of ULI’s UrbanPlan Education Initiative, co-chaired ULI’s Design For Affordability Task Force in 2018, and serves in multiple civic and volunteer
capacities. He was named a Corporate Citizen of the Year in 2021 by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Atticus graduated from Yale University with a BA in Architecture, and lives in Decatur, GA with his wife, their 4 boys, 2 dogs, and lots of chickens.
