Jeff Worthe

President, Worthe Real Estate Group

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.