Rank #1889
Jerry Speyer & family
Net worth $2.2B
Real estate · United States
- Born
- Jun 23, 1940
- Age
- 85
- Source
- Real estate
- Residence
- New York, New York
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 4
- Education
- Master of Business Administration, Columbia Business School; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Columbia University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Real estate baron Jerry Speyer redeveloped 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.