Rob Speyer

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Rob Speyer
Born1969 (age 52–53)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Columbia College
Occupation Real estate developer
TitlePresident and CEO, Tishman Speyer
Spouse(s)
Anne-Cecilie Engell
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(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 has driven the firm's growth and entry into new markets across the U.S., Asia, Europe and Latin America, and the development of innovative new business lines including launching a RMB-denominated real estate fund; co-founding Breakthrough Properties, a life science real estate development company; creating a proptech-focused SPAC, the first by a real estate company; and launching the company’s first proptech venture fund.

In recent years, Tishman Speyer has engaged in development partnerships with such institutions as Harvard University, the San Francisco Giants, the San Diego Padres and Beijing Capital Steel to create the next generation of dynamic, large-scale urban neighborhoods.

Over the last 25 years, he has led Tishman Speyer's reinvention of Rockefeller Center in New York City and its over 6 million rentable square feet, capped by the creation of Top of the Rock.

In 2012, Rob directed Tishman Speyer's launch of a RMB-denominated real estate fund, the first ever sponsored by a non-Chinese company.

In 2019, Rob co-founded Breakthrough Properties, a life science real estate investment, development, and operations firm, with Bellco Capital.  

Speyer has served as 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]

Rob has driven the firm's growth and entry into new markets across the U.S., Asia, Europe and Latin America, and the development of innovative new business lines.

Personal life

In 2008, Speyer married Anne-Cecilie Engell. Originally from Denmark, Engell graduated from Cornell University and received her MBA from New York University. [6]

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  3. ↑ Bockmann, Rich. "Rob Speyer to be sole CEO of Tishman Speyer". The Real Deal. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  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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