Brian Watson (born October 28, 1971) is an American entrepreneur, author, politician, and Forbes Real Estate Council Member and published contributor.

[3] Watson won the 2018 Republican primary for Colorado State Treasurer, beating two other candidates, and lost to Democrat Dave Young in the general election in November 2018.

[25] On March 5, 2018, Watson became the first Colorado State Treasurer candidate to turn in his petition signatures to qualify for the June primary ballot.

[28][29][30] Northstar's business strategy focuses on “buying vacant or distressed assets and giving them new life” and oversees key development projects, such as senior living, healthcare, and large data center facilities for a Fortune 25 company.

High tides raise all boats – if we can do well by doing good and give returns back to our investors and prove an asset and help achieve dreams in the community – then that’s a life well lived," Watson said.

In February 2018 Watson announced Northstar Commercial Partners purchased the iconic "Offices at the Art" building in Denver for $17.1 million.

According to a company-wide e-mail The Denver Post received, Watson alleges the raid was in relation to "fraud and misappropriation of funds and was connected to the company’s work with Amazon data centers.

"[40] In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Virginia, Amazon accused Northstar Commercial Partners of "a significant fraud and kickback scheme" which likely prompted the April FBI raid of the home of CEO Brian Watson.