John Schreiber

President, Centaur Capital Partners

Schreiber started his Chicago-based private investment firm after his career as a co-founder of Blackstone Real Estate, where he helped build what became the world’s most powerful property investment platform. Schreiber’s career has spanned nearly every phase of institutional real estate, from Chicago development shops to global private equity.

After beginning his career at JMB Realty, Schreiber joined Blackstone in its formative years and played senior roles in deploying billions of dollars worldwide. He was involved in landmark transactions, including the $39 billion privatization of Equity Office Properties and Blackstone’s buyout of Hilton Hotels, deals that reshaped the scale and ambition of real estate private equity.

Since stepping back from Blackstone’s day-to-day operations in the mid-2010s, Schreiber has focused on direct investing through Centaur.

In 2025, he partnered with JDL Development on a discounted Fulton Market apartment acquisition, leaning into value opportunities created by rising interest rates and stalled construction pipelines. Through Centaur, Schreiber also partnered with JDL to acquire Sam Zell’s former Old Town apartment complex. To end the year, Centaur teamed up with Talos Capital to acquire a FedEx distribution hub in suburban Niles for $72 million, a bet on industrial durability as office and multifamily markets reset.

He and his wife Kathy have been avid supporters of Chicago’s Loyola University, providing the school’s largest donation ever of $100 million in 2022.