Awards & Recognition
★PERE's inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award (2016)
★Global Industry Figure of the Year by PERE (2015)
★Cornell Icon of the Industry Award (2015)
★Most Important Person in Commercial Real Estate Finance by The Mortgage Observer
★Executive of the Year and Investor of the Year by Commercial Property Executive (2010)
★America's Best Lodging CEO by Institutional Investor Magazine
★Interior Design Magazine Hall of Fame member
★Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement (1998)
Notable Facts
→Chairman & CEO of Starwood Capital Group managing $125B+ in assets
→Founded Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, created W Hotels brand
→Net worth estimated at $4.6 billion, ranked 260th on Forbes 400
→Serves on board of Estée Lauder Companies
→Harvard MBA and Brown University magna cum laude graduate
→Has structured investments worth over $270 billion in 34-year career
→Moved from Connecticut to Miami Beach in 2016