Rob Speyer

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Rob Speyer
Born1969 (age 54–55)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Columbia College
Occupation Real estate developer
TitlePresident and CEO, Tishman Speyer
Spouse
Anne-Cecilie Engell
​
(m. 2008)​
Parent(s) Jerry Speyer
Lynn Tishman

Rob Speyer (born 1969) is an American real estate developer. He is the CEO [1] of New York City real estate company Tishman Speyer. [2] [3]

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Early life and education

Speyer was born to a Jewish family, the son of Lynn (née Tishman) and Jerry Speyer. [4] His great-grandfather, Julius Tishman, founded Tishman Realty and Construction; and his father Jerry Speyer and his maternal grandfather, Robert Tishman, founded the real estate development firm Tishman Speyer. [5] His parents divorced in 1987. [6] In 1992, he graduated magna cum laude from Columbia College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. [7] He is an emeritus member of the Board of Visitors at Columbia College. He worked as a reporter for the New York Daily News before joining Tishman Speyer. [8] [9]

Career

In 2015, Speyer became Tishman Speyer's president and chief executive officer. [10]

Speyer was a member of the Real Estate Board of New York's (REBNY) executive committee since 2004, and became the chairman of the committee in 2013. [11] [12] He was named chairman of the advisory board of the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City in 2006, reappointed in 2014 by Mayor Bill de Blasio [11] and then reappointed by Mayor Adams.

Speyer sits on the board of trustees of New York-Presbyterian Hospital; the board of visitors of Columbia College (emeritus); [13] the board of directors of the Real Estate Roundtable; [14] the board of trustees of the Citizens Budget Commission; [2] and on the board of directors of Exor. [15]

Personal life

In 2008, Speyer married Anne-Cecilie Engell. [6]

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  4. ↑ New York Times: "A Developer For the 90's: Big Projects, Little Flash" By BRETT PULLEY October 08, 1995
  5. ↑ Wilensky, Joe. "Cornell NYC Tech's first endowed professorship honors Robert Tishman '37". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Anne-Cecilie Engell, Rob Speyer". New York Times.
  7. ↑ Staff. "Rob Speyer named next REBNY chairman". Real Estate Weekly. Real Estate Weekly. Archived from the original on 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  8. ↑ Pulley, Brett. "A Developer For the 90's: Big Projects, Little Flash". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Articles by Rob Speyer". Daily News. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Rob Speyer takes the helm of his family's real estate company". Crain's New York Business. 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
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