Jorge Perez
Miami, Florida
Bachelor of Arts/Science, CW Post College | Master of Science, University of Michigan
United States
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real estate, Self Made
$2,600,000,000
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#877 Billionaires 2019
#316 Forbes 400 2018
Jorge Perez runs Related Group of Florida, which claims to have developed more than 80,000 condos, mostly in Miami, since it was founded in 1979.As a young urban planner, Perez met developer Stephen Ross, which led to a partnership. Today Ross' affiliate Related Companies owns a 25% stake. They built affordable housing in the 1980s, then switched to high-end condo construction. Perez has started diversifying where he develops, branching out elsewhere in South Florida, as well as in Uruguay, Mexico and Argentina.
A son of Cuban parents, Perez grew up in Argentina and Colombia before moving to the U.S. for college.In 2011 Perez pledged $35 million in cash and artwork to the Miami Art Museum, which then agreed to rename it after him. Nicknamed PAMM, it opened in 2013.
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