Jeff Worthe

Worthe may lose his political clout as Gov. Gavin Newsom leaves office at the end of the year, but he could be set if the two-term governor becomes president of the United States.

In August 2025, Newsom appointed Worthe to the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s Board of Directors, where he joined efforts to advance the state’s high-speed rail initiatives. In 2023, the governor appointed the president of Worthe Real Estate Group to the California Privacy Protection Agency Board. 

Worthe has led his eponymous Santa Monica-based development firm since 1967. The company, which is focused on commercial and creative office properties in the Greater Los Angeles area, has a portfolio of more than 8 million square feet. 

Worthe and Blackstone sold the 39-acre, eight-building 3880 North Mission Road, location of the former Forever 21 headquarters, in Los Angeles to Related Companies and Newland Capital Group in June 2025 for $120 million. The firm completed Second Century, a two-building, 800,000-square-foot office development designed by Frank Gehry and leased to Warner Bros. on the Burbank Studios Lot, in 2023. 

Along with Invesco Worthe completed a $44 million office conversion of the former post office at at 325 North Maple Drive in Beverly Hills in 2019. The pair sold the site to Irvine-based IRA Capital in October 2021 for $153.2 million, one of Los Angeles’ priciest office deals of that year. 

Worthe worked for C.B. Commercial (now CBRE) and M. David Paul Development before co-founding Centurion Real Estate Partners.