Portrait of Jerry Speyer & family

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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.