Nationality United States Role Executive Occupation Businessman | Spouse(s) Jacqueline Susan Freed Uncles Herbert Simon Name David Simon | |
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Children Eli SimonRebecca SimonHannah SimonSamuel SimonNoah Simon Parents Bess Meshulam, Melvin Simon Similar People Melvin Simon, Herbert Simon, Denise DeBartolo York | ||
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David E. Simon is chairman and chief executive officer of Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group, an S&P 500 company and the largest U.S. publicly traded real estate company.
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- David simon on managing a real estate company wharton leadership lecture
- The pop up festival of dangerous ideas david simon some people are more equal than others
- Early life and education
- Career
- Philanthropy
- Personal life
- References
The pop up festival of dangerous ideas david simon some people are more equal than others
Early life and education
Simon is the son of Jewish American real estate developer Melvin Simon and his first wife Bess (née Meshulam). He obtained a B.S. degree from Indiana University in 1983 and an M.B.A. from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business in 1985.
Career
Simon started his career at First Boston. From 1988 to 1990, he worked at Wasserstein Perella & Co. as a vice president.
In 1990, he joined Simon Property precursor Melvin Simon & Associates as Chief Financial Officer. In 1993, he led the efforts to take Simon Property Group public with a nearly $1 billion initial public offering that, at the time, was the largest real estate stock offering. He became CEO in 1995 and Chairman in 2007.
He is a member and former chairman of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) board of governors and is a former trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). He has received numerous industry honors, and in 2000, he was inducted into the Indiana University Kelley School of Business Academy of Alumni Fellows.
Philanthropy
In 2013, he donated $5 million support the construction Columbia Business School's new facilities.
Personal life
In 1986, he married Jacqueline Susan Freed. They have five children: Eli, Rebecca, Hannah, Samuel, and Noah.