Founder and Chairman, Lowe

Robert Lowe founded Lowe, formerly Lowe Enterprises, in 1972. The company has developed, acquired or managed more than $32 billion of real estate. The company has more than $2 billion of projects in the pipeline or under development now. Lowe attended Claremont McKenna College and has an MBA from Stanford University. He is a past chairman at the Los Angeles Metropolitan YMCA. Last year the company launched a new division, Skye Commercial. The division is a Denver-based brokerage firm. In 2018, Lowe sold Two Roads Hospitality, its hospitality management affiliate, to Hyatt Corp. for $480 million.

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