SPEAKERS
Jeff T. Blau
Jeff T. Blau is the Chief Executive Officer and a partner of Related Companies, the
most prominent privately-owned real estate company in the United States. Mr. Blau
joined Related in 1990.
Mr. Blau also serves as Chairman and is a founding partner of energyRe, a leading
independent company developing transformative clean energy projects across the
country.
As Chief Executive Officer of Related, Mr. Blau is responsible for directing and
overseeing new developments worth more than $60 billion in virtually every sector of
the real estate industry. 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.
In his role as Chairman and Founding Partner of energyRe, Mr. Blau led the
recruitment of the company’s executive management team, and continues to oversee
the company's foundational, nation-leading renewable energy projects including
Clean Path NY and Leading Light Wind. Clean Path NY is the largest renewable
energy infrastructure project in the United States and is an $11 billion transmission-
led development, comprised of a 175-mile underground transmission line and 3,800
MW of solar and wind generation. Leading Light Wind, is a $6 billion, off -shore wind
project in the New York Bight.
Mr. Blau also serves on the Board of Directors of Equinox Holdings, Inc., the Central
Park Conservancy, the New York City Partnership Fund, Robin Hood Foundation,
Real Estate Roundtable, The Wharton Graduate School, Trinity School, Lincoln
Center, and The Mount Sinai Medical Center.