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BISNOW PRESENTS THE 2017

RICHEST IN REAL ESTATE

No other industry carries as much influence on our lives: where we work, how we eat and shop, the way we experience sports and entertainment — and how that all relates to wherever we call home. Commercial real estate is at the core of our daily lives. That’s why it would be an injustice to only gauge this industry in concrete, steel, dollars and square feet. This is an industry full of innovators solving complex problems for the masses — a collective that goes far beyond the honorees below. Lists are inherently imperfect, which is why I am billing ours as the (almost) definitive list of power, money and innovation in the industry. But it is categorical in one respect: these men and women have profoundly transformed our neighborhoods and reshaped our cities, businesses and lifestyles. We live in their world.
Mark F. Bonner, Editor-in-Chief
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Adam Neumann
$2.6B
Adam Neumann
New York, New York | WeWork CEO and Co-Founder +
Jon Gray
$2.5B
Jon Gray
New York, New York | Blackstone Group Global Head of Real Estate +
Gerald Chan
$2B
Gerald Chan
Hong Kong, China and Boston, Massachusetts | Morningside CEO +
Larry Silverstein
$1.4B
Larry Silverstein
New York, New York | Silverstein Properties CEO +
Jack Manning
$1.2B
Jack Manning
Boston, Massachussetts | Boston Capital CEO +
Norman Braman
$1.9B
Norman Braman
Miami, Florida | Braman Enterprises CEO +
Kevin Plank
$1.6B
Kevin Plank
Baltimore, Maryland | Under Armor/Sagamore Development Co. CEO +
Barry Sternlicht
$1.8B
Barry Sternlicht
New York, New York | Starwood International CEO +
Miguel McKelvey
$1.7B
Miguel McKelvey
New York, New York | WeWork Co-Founder +
Stephen Karp
$1.25B
Stephen Karp
Boston, Massachusetts | New England Development CEO +
David Lichtenstein
$1.5B
David Lichtenstein
New York, New York | The Lightstone Group CEO +
Bruce Toll
$1.3B
Bruce Toll
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Toll Brothers Co-Founder and Vice Chairman +
Sheila Johnson
$750M
Sheila Johnson
The Plains, Virginia | Salamander Resorts/BET Co-Founder +
Robin Loudermilk
$750M
Robin Loudermilk
Atlanta, Georgia | Loudermilk Cos. CEO +
John Portman
$20M
John Portman
Atlanta, Georgia | Portman Holdings Chairman +