Jerry Speyer
New York, New York
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Columbia University | Master of Business Administration, Columbia Business School
United States
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real estate, Self Made
$4,000,000,000
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#504 Billionaires 2019
#179 Forbes 400 2018
Real estate baron Jerry Speyer developed landmarks like Rockefeller Center and the Chrysler Building in Manhattan.Jerry is the chairman of Tishman Speyer and his son Rob is CEO. Until 2015, they held co-CEO titles.Tishman Speyer has developed over 152 million square feet, including skyscrapers in New York, Chicago, Berlin, London, Frankfurt and Paris.Speyer started the firm with his late father-in-law, Robert Tishman, in 1978. The marriage ended in divorce, but the company survived.
Speyer was chairman of the Museum of Modern Art's board of trustees for 11 years and was elected chairman of New York Presbyterian Hospital in 2018.Speyer has hundreds of art works in his personal collection, which skews contemporary and includes pieces by Damien Hirst and Andy Warhol.
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