Rob Speyer is president of Tishman Speyer, the largest family-owned landlord in New York City, and serves as co-chief executive officer with his father, Jerry I. Speyer. The two are regularly ranked in Commercial Observers Power 100 listing of the most powerful people in New York real estate. Rob took over as chairman of the 13,000-member Real Estate Board of New York in January 2013, becoming the third consecutive generation of his family to hold the position.

Rob Speyer joined the family firm in 1995, as it was considering buying Rockefeller Center for $1.2 billion. Earlier he worked as a reporter for the New York Observer and the New York Daily News. Rob Speyer graduated magna cum laude from Columbia College in 1992.  -NE