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Rob Speyer | |
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Born | 1969 (age 54–55) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Columbia College |
Occupation | Real estate developer |
Title | President 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]
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]
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]
In 2008, Speyer married Anne-Cecilie Engell. [6]