Mr. William Mack is the Chairman Emeritus of the real estate investment firm, the Mack Real Estate Group. Founded by Mr. Mack and his two sons, Richard and Stephen, the Mack Real Estate Group specializes in domestic and international real estate development opportunities and is a primary lender for commercial real estate mortgage debt. Prior to launching the Mack Real Estate Group, Mr. Mack was the Founder and Chairman of AREA Property Partners (formerly Apollo Real Estate Advisors). The AREA Funds collectively invested in more than $60 billion
of diversified real estate ventures in 25 countries throughout the world. The investments include office and retail facilities, hotels, multi-family residential housing, mortgage securities, housing companies, land investments, and public and private real estate operating companies. He is the President and Senior Partner of the Mack Organization, a national owner, investor, and developer of warehouse and retail facilities, and a pioneer in the development of the New Jersey Meadowlands and large suburban metropolitan area office buildings in New York and New Jersey.
Mr. Mack is the Vice Chairman of Northwell Health where he serves on its Board of Trustees and Board of Advisors. He is the Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (worldwide museums), where he currently serves as a Trustee. Mr. Mack serves as a Trustee and Member of the Western Regional Executive Council of Lenox Hill Hospital. He is also a Director of the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in Palm Beach and a Director of the Town of Palm Beach United Way.
Mr. Mack is the Chair Emeritus of the Board of Advisors of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received the Dean’s Medal, the school’s highest honor; a former Vice Chair of the University of Pennsylvania’s Board of Trustees; a Trustee Emeritus; and a former Vice Chair of the Wharton Real Estate Center Advisory Board.
Mr. Mack is a past Director of the Empire State Development Corporation, and a past Chairman of the Long Island Power Authority, as well the past Chairman of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Development Corporation of New York, and the New York Convention Center Operating Corporation.
Mr. Mack is the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (now Veris Residential Inc.), a publicly traded REIT that formerly owned and operated a portfolio of Class A suburban office buildings located in the northeast United States. Mr. Mack is a former Director of Wyndham International, Inc.; the Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.; Vail Resorts, Inc.; Retail Opportunity Investments Corporation; and a former Member of the Regional Advisory Board of JP Morgan Chase. Mr. Mack is a former Director of Florida Community Bank (now
Synovus Financial Corporation, and a former Director of Hudson’s Bay Company (parent of Saks Fifth Avenue).
Mr. Mack attended Brooklyn Technical High School, the Wharton School of Business and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, and the School of Business of New York University.