Jorge Pérez net worth 2024, age, height, wife, girlfriend, kids, biography, wiki

Jorge Perez is an Argentine-American billionaire, real estate developer, art collector and philanthropist. The Argentina native is mostly known as the chairman and CEO of The Related Group. Perez is undoubtedly one of the richest individuals in the world today. He has been doing business for so many years now and is still going on strong.

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Early Life & Biography

Jorge Perez was born on the 17^th of October, 1949 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His parents are Cuban with Spanish origin. Despite being born in Argentina, Perez grew up in Colombia before moving to Miami in 1968.

His father was in charge of a pharmaceutical company that was nationalized by the Cuban government. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Long Island University C.W. Post Campus and a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Michigan.

Age, Height, Weight and Body Measurements

Being born on 17 October 1949, Jorge Pérez is 74 years old as of today’s date 19th April 2024. His height is N/A tall, and weight is N/A.

Personal Life: wife, girlfriend, dating, divorce, kids

Jorge is currently married to Darlene Pérez and have four children together. He is also a friend and former business partner of former USA president, Donald Trump. In 2008, Trump actually wrote the foreword in Jorge’s book called Powerhouse Principles. However, ever since Donald Trump became president of USA, Jorge has been critical of his decisions.

In December of 2011, Perez donated $35 Million in cash and art to the Miami Art Museum to aide in the construction of its Herzog & de Meuron building. After his big donation, the museum was renamed after him and is currently called the Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM). Later in 2016, he donated $15 Million more to the museum. He even pledged to donate his entire collection to the museum after his death.

Recently in September of 2021, Perez donated $33 Million to The Miami Foundation, an organization that intends to build a more prosperous Miami. The donation after he sold a 10,000 square foot waterfront estate called Villa Cristina. The foundation also supports causes associated with arts, culture, education and social justice.

Career

Before joining the real estate development business, Perez was an economic development director with the city of Miami. He founded the Related Group in 1979 together with Stephen M. Ross, a New York builder.

He started out by making low-income multifamily apartments across Miami. He actually made a huge fortune by building these types of houses. Later on, he moved on to building rental apartments before becoming one of the most prolific high-rise condo builders in the southern USA.

During his career, Perez has developed and/or managed more than 90,000 residences that are mainly located in South Florida. This kind of track record actually earned him the nickname, the ‘Donald Trump of the Tropics’.

Related Group had already amassed a revenue of $2.1 Billion in 2004 that put Perez at the top of the Hispanic Business 500. Perez is an active Democratic fundraiser and actually advised Bill Clinton on issues concerning Cuba when he was the president. He also supported Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton in their corresponding presidential campaigns.

During the financial crisis in 2007-2010, many of Related Group’s projects were in trouble because people were refusing to settle on their homes or banks weren’t willing to give people loans. His firm has developed projects in Argentina, Brazil, Panama, Uruguay and Mexico. The firm has developed stand-out projects like 50 Biscayne, Icon Brickell, Icon South Beach and many others.

Awards & Achievements

Jorge Perez has not received any awards for the work he has done so far.

Net Worth & Salary of Jorge Pérez in 2024

Jorge Perez is an extremely successful businessman who has set himself up among the elite billionaires of the world. He was ranked as the 316^th out of 400 on the Forbes 400 list with an estimated net worth of $2.6 Billion as of October 2018.

As of April 2024, Perez has an estimated net worth of $2 Billion. He makes most of his wealth from The Related Group which focuses on real estate development.

Jorge Perez is one of the most successful individuals in the world who has achieved all this through persistence and hard work. His company still continues to operate at top capacity and so does he.