Jerry I. Speyer (born on 23 June 1940, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is one of two founding partners of the prominent New York real estate company Tishman Speyer, the owner of the Chrysler Building and Rockefeller Center. Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Real estate is a legal term (in some jurisdictions notably in the USA, United Kingdom Tishman Speyer Properties is a leading Real estate building and operating company set up in 1978 by two founding partners Jerry Speyer and Robert Tishman The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco Skyscraper in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan at the intersection of 42nd Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st streets in New York City.
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Early life
According to a 1998 profile in The New York Times: "[Speyer's] mother is Swiss, and his father comes from one of the old Jewish families of Frankfurt; his father fled Germany in 1939. Speyer grew up in a cultivated and proper German-Jewish household on Riverside Drive. At Columbia University, he majored in German literature and joined Zeta Beta Tau, the right Jewish fraternity. Zeta Beta Tau ( ZBT, brothers of which are nicknamed Zebes) is a historically Jewish, presently Nonsectarian international fraternity Speyer was one of those people who were solid, and even solemn, at an age when others are still flailing and unsure of themselves" [1]. Speyer graduated from Columbia College in 1962, and Columbia University's Graduate School of Business in 1964. History Columbia College was founded as King’s College by royal charter of King George II of England in the Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. History Alonzo Barton Hepburn, then president of Chase Manhattan Bank, founded the School in 1916 with 11 full-time faculty members
Business and Social Life
Speyer began his career in 1964 as Assistant to the Vice President of Madison Square Garden. Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four Arenas in New York City.
Speyer has been President & CEO since the formation of Tishman Speyer in 1978. Tishman Speyer Properties is a leading Real estate building and operating company set up in 1978 by two founding partners Jerry Speyer and Robert Tishman
Speyer is deputy chair and a member of the Executive Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; a vice chairman of the New York Presbyterian Hospital; vice chair, Board of Trustees, Rand Corporation, and chair of the Executive Committee; chairman emeritus of Columbia University; chair emeritus of the Real Estate Board of New York; and past president of the Board of Trustees of the Dalton School. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is the most important of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks of the United States. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is a prominent University hospital in New York City, composed of two medical centers Columbia University Medical Center The RAND Corporation ( R esearch AN d D evelopment is a Nonprofit global policy Think tank first formed to offer research and analysis The Dalton School, originally called the Children's University School, is a private University-preparatory school on New York City 's Upper East
Speyer is also vice chairman of the Museum of Modern Art, and chair emeritus of the influential Partnership for New York City, founded by David Rockefeller. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, USA, on 53rd Street between Fifth David Rockefeller Sr (born June 12, 1915) is a prominent American Banker, Statesman, Globalist and the current patriarch
Speyer sits on the board of Carnegie Hall, alongside Sanford Weill, the former chairman of Citigroup, with whom he has a close business relationship (see External Links below). Carnegie Hall (generally ˌkɑrnɨgi ˈhɔːl is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east Sanford I Weill (born March 16 1933) commonly known as Sandy Weill is an American banker financier and philanthropist His other board affiliations include Siemens AG and the Real Estate Roundtable, and have included YankeeNets, the New York Presbyterian Foundation, Inc. The Real Estate Roundtable is a Non-profit Public policy organization in Washington D Yankee Global Enterprises LLC (Yankee Global was formed in 1999 and is the owner of the New York Yankees Baseball club and the YES Network cable channel , and the Urban Land Institute. The Urban Land Institute, or ULI, is a Non-profit organization with offices in Washington D He is a member of the Economic Club of New York, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. The Council on Foreign Relations ( CFR) is an American Nonpartisan foreign policy membership organization founded in 1921 and based at 58 East 68th Street (at
On 17 October 2006, Speyer signed a deal to buy Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, 12,232 apartments in 110 buildings along the East River in Manhattan, for $5. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Cooper Village —Stuyvesant Town is a large private residential development on the East Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City Peter Cooper Village is a residential development in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which is located east of Gramercy Park, between The East River is a tidal Strait in New York City. It connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York 4 billion. [2]
Speyer campaigned for current New York State Governor, Elliott Spitzer. Paid for a political exhibition in Grand Central Terminal, a state owned building, and is a member of Governor Spitzer's cabinet. As a political advisor, Speyer, is immune from investigative questions in the Governor's "troopergate" scandal.
Family
Speyer is married to the socially connected Katherine G. Farley, who sits on the Executive Committee of Lincoln Center.
Farley graduated from Brown University in 1971, and continued her studies at the Masters of Architecture Program of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, graduating in 1976. Brown University is a highly esteemed private University located in Providence, Rhode Island and is a member of the Ivy League. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD is a graduate school at Harvard University offering degrees in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. She served as manager of new business development for East Asia and the Pacific for Turner International Industries, before joining Tishman Speyer in 1984. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar)
She is a senior managing director at the Tishman Speyer, responsible for the company's real estate activities in Latin America, and for the company's expansion into other emerging markets, chairs the company’s Compensation Committee, and is a member of the Management, Investment, and Executive Committees.
She is also chairwoman of Lincoln Center's redevelopment. In addition, she is on the executive committee of the International Rescue Committee, a refugee relief and resettlement organization; is chairman emerita of Women in Need, which helps homeless women and children in New York City; is a vice president of the Brearley School, and a member of the Board and Executive Committee of the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation. The International Rescue Committee (IRC is a leading non-sectarian non-governmental international relief and Humanitarian aid organization based in the United The Brearley School is an all-girls' Private school in New York City, USA. Alvin Ailey Jr ( January 5, 1931 &ndash December 1, 1989) was an American Modern dancer and Choreographer Farley served on the boards of Lincoln Center Theater and the New York Philharmonic. The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active Symphony Orchestra in the United States, organized during 1842
The couple met at Tishman Speyer. They began dating in 1988, a year after the divorce of Speyer and Lynne Tishman, whose great-grandfather Julius Tishman founded Tishman Realty and Construction Corporation, of which Tishman Speyer is a spinoff. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) They were married in 1991. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.
They have a daughter named Laura (15); he has three older children from his previous marriage, Robert, Valerie and Holly.
Fire hydrant controversy
In 1996 Speyer became involved in a controversy regarding a fire hydrant. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) A fire hydrant (also known colloquially as a fire plug in the United States or as a johnny pump in New York City, because the firemen of the He sought to move a hydrant 50 feet, so that it would rest in front of a town house that he has been building for himself on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on the site of two razed town houses. Historically in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in many other countries a townhouse (or a "house in town" was a residence of a peer or member of the The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, between Central Park and the East River. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York In New York City, it can be handy to have one at your front door, as people are not allowed to park in front of them, which makes getting out of taxis and loading the car up for trips that much easier. In the end, a new hydrant was installed on East 72d Street: The city decided to let Speyer install his very own hydrant, as long as he paid for it. And the residents of the luxury co-op next door got to keep their hydrant. A housing cooperative is a legal entity—usually a Corporation —that owns Real estate, consisting of one or more residential buildings [3]
The couple's home has a vast collection of contemporary art. Visitors are given a catalog of what is on the walls. Mr. Speyer bought his first piece of art 40 years ago and has not sold a single item since. His favorite artists include Frank Stella and Jeff Koons. Frank Stella (born May 12, 1936) is an American painter and Printmaker. Jeff Koons (born January 21 1955) is an American artist whose work incorporates Kitsch imagery using painting sculpture and other forms
See also
External links
- Tishman Speyer official site;
- Megadeal: Inside a Real Estate Coup, New York Times, December 31, 2006 Profiles Tishman Speyer and Jerry and Rob Speyer and the purchase of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village in Manhattan. Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st streets in New York City. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, USA, on 53rd Street between Fifth Carnegie Hall (generally ˌkɑrnɨgi ˈhɔːl is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east
- New York's Cultural Power Brokers New York Times article on Jerry Speyer of Tishman Speyer Properties and his many connections to Sanford Weill of Citigroup, as well as to David Rockefeller through the Museum of Modern Art and Rockefeller Center.
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