Robert K. Barth

Robert Barth is an American businessman and real estate executive based in Los Angeles, California. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Sonic Equities, a real estate investment firm established in 2023. He previously served as chief executive officer of Black Equities Group from 1985 to approximately 2019.

Barth was also a co-founder and chairman of California Republic Bank, a Southern California commercial bank founded in 2007. According to the Orange County Business Journal, he was among the early financial backers of the bank, which raised $52 million in its initial funding round.

Barth, who has a bachelor's degree in economics and business administration from the University of California, Berkeley as well as a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, has served on the board of governors of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.