Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 21, 1999
John S. Moody is President and Chief Executive Officer of Cornerstone
Properties Inc., a New York City-based REIT with a market capitalization
of approximately $4.5 billion. The Company owns 21 million square feet
of Class A office space in eleven major metropolitan areas throughout
the United States. Cornerstone Properties stock is traded on the New
York Stock Exchange under the symbol CPP and is also traded in Europe.
Before joining the Company in 1995, Mr. Moody was President and CEO of
Deutsche Bank Realty Advisors, Inc., and earlier, President and CEO of
Paine Webber Properties, a real estate syndication, advisory and asset
management firm. Earlier, Mr. Moody was President of The Moody
Corporation, where he master-planned, developed and sold property. Mr.
Moody co-founded Wood, Campbell, Moody & Gibbs, where he practiced real
estate law for ten years. He received a B.A. from Stanford University
and a J. D. with Honors, from University of Texas. Mr. Moody is a
current member of the Board of ProLogis Trust and is former Chairman and
current board member of AFIRE (Association of Foreign Investors in Real
Estate). Profile
into context what you see as your business and what you see as your
company today.
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