Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> August 13, 2001
STUART L. SCOTT is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Jones Lang
LaSalle, Inc., the world's leading real estate services and investment
management firm. As CEO, Mr. Scott also oversees the Board of Directors
of Jones Lang LaSalle and is responsible for the development and
expansion of the company's business segments, which include LaSalle
Investment Management and the three regions of Owner and Occupier
Services: the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. He is a member of the
Jones Lang LaSalle Management Executive Committee and is an advisor to
the firm's Investment Committee. Mr. Scott was honored by his North
American peers with the distinguished 'Real Estate Executive of the
Year' award in early 1999 during the Commercial Property World real
estate conference in New York. Throughout his tenure, Mr. Scott served
in numerous executive positions and is recognized for defining the
character and client-focused tone of today's real estate services
industry. Mr. Scott served LaSalle Partners as Chief Executive Officer,
where he led the firm's rapid growth, its initial public offering in
1997, and its aggressive merger and acquisition approach from 1992 to
1999. Before his career began with Jones Lang LaSalle in 1973, Mr. Scott
worked with Arthur Rubloff & Company and served on its Board of
Directors. His career as an Attorney began with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in 1966. Mr. Scott is a graduate of Hamilton College
and Northwestern University School of Law. Profile
Mr. Scott: Our company is the result of a merger of two companies in
early 1999. LaSalle Partners was a 30-plus-year-old
