John Cushman III

Chairman of Global Transactions

Cushman & Wakefield Inc.

THE LATEST: The grandson of Cushman & Wakefield's founder, Cushman is a world-renowned commercial real estate veteran and oversees the firm's global policies and initiatives. Cushman & Wakefield's revenue for 2019 was $8.8 billion, up 6% from the previous year. In 2019, the CIA Officers Memorial Foundation presented Cushman with its Patriots Award, which recognizes superlative Americans who support the organization&s mission to help to the families of deceased or disabled intelligence officers.

BACKGROUND: Cushman started at the company&s New York office in 1963. Two years later, he was responsible for 60% of its offices in the United States. In 1967, he moved to Los Angeles to open Cushman & Wakefield&s Southern California office. In 1978, he and his twin brother, Louis Cushman, launched Cushman Realty Corp., which was acquired by Cushman & Wakefield in 2001. The company went public in 2018 and now has 400 offices in 70 countries and roughly 50, 000 employees.

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