Portrait of Robert Faith

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Robert Faith

Net worth $5.0B

Real estate management · United States

Born
Oct 03, 1963
Age
62
Source
Real estate management
Residence
Charleston, South Carolina
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education
Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Bachelor of Science, University of Oklahoma

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Bob Faith is the founder, chairman and CEO of global real estate firm Greystar, active in property and investment management and development services.
  • Based in Charleston, South Carolina, the firm manages and operates $320 billion in real estate across five continents.
  • Greystar also has an investment management platform with more than $78 billion of assets under management.
  • After studying petroleum engineering at the University of Oklahoma and an MBA at Harvard, Faith got a job at real estate developer Trammell Crow Co.
  • He became a partner in 1988 before leaving in 1991 to start investment firm Starwood Capital Partners with his Harvard classmate Barry Sternlicht.
  • Faith then ventured out on his own in 1993, when he founded Greystar in Houston, Texas.
  • Faith served as the South Carolina Secretary of Commerce from 2002 to 2006.