Mortimer Zuckerman

Chairman and CEO, Boston Properties

$2.72B

as of 10/04/24

About Mortimer Zuckerman

Real estate icon Mortimer Zuckerman stepped down as chairman of Boston Properties in 2016 after nearly five decades running the REIT.

The son of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants who settled in Montreal and sold tobacco and candy, Zuckerman founded Boston Properties in 1970.

Zuckerman became a U.S. citizen in 1977 and took Boston Properties public two decades later.

He still owns roughly 5% of the public company, which operates a diverse portfolio of primarily office space totaling over 50 million square feet.

He sold The New York Daily News in 2017 after owning it for 24 years. He is still editor-in-chief, co-publisher and owner of U.S. News & World Report.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Real estate, media

Residence

New York, New York

Marital status

Divorced

Birth date

06/04/37 (age 87)

Number of children

Education

LLM, Harvard University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, McGill University; Master of Business Administration, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School

Self-made

self-made