Jorge Perez
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Real estate
- Industry
- Real Estate
- Residence
- Miami, Florida
- Education
- CW Post College (Bachelor of Arts/Science)University of Michigan (Master of Science)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 4
Biography
Jorge Perez runs Miami-based real estate developer Related Group, which claims to have developed more than 100,000 condos and apartments since it was founded in 1979.
As a young urban planner, Perez met developer Stephen Ross, which led to a partnership. Ross' Related Companies held a 25% stake until 2022, when Perez bought it out.
They built affordable housing in the 1980s, then expanded to market-rate rental apartments and high-end condo construction in the 1990s.
Perez has started diversifying where he develops, branching out elsewhere in Florida as well as in Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina plus Brazil and Mexico.
About
A son of Cuban parents, Perez grew up in Argentina and Colombia before moving to the U.S. for college.
In 2011 Perez donated $40 million in cash and artwork to the Miami Art Museum, which then agreed to rename it after him. Nicknamed PAMM, it opened in 2013.