Jeff T. Blau is Chief Executive Officer and a partner of Related Companies. For the past 25 years he has been responsible for directing and overseeing new developments worth over $20 billion in virtually every sector of the real estate industry. In his position as CEO, he is responsible for the strategic direction of the company, overall management of the firm, the pursuit of new development opportunities and corporate acquisitions and financing activities across all business platforms. He also chairs The Roundtable's newly established Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (ED&I) . Mr. Blau serves on the Board of Directors of Equinox Holdings, Inc., the Central Park Conservancy, the New York City Partnership and Partnership Fund for New York City, The Real Estate Roundtable, the Housing Advisory Board of Robin Hood and The Wharton Graduate Executive Board. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Urban Land Institute, Association for a Better New York (ABNY) and is a board member of the Union Square Partnership. 

Over the years, Mr. Blau has received numerous honors for his business, civic and philanthropic activities and most recently he was named to Crain’s New York’s New Influentials list of 25 leaders reshaping New York. Mr. Blau is also a member of the Visiting Committee at the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business. 

 

Mr. Blau completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan and received a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.