David Simon (CEO)
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David Simon | |
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| Born | August 1961[1] |
| Died | March 22, 2026 (aged 64) |
| Education | Indiana University, Bloomington (BA) Columbia University (MBA) |
| Spouse |
Jacqueline Freed (m. 1986) |
| Children | 5 |
| Father | Melvin Simon |
| Relatives | Paul Skjodt (brother-in-law) |
David E. Simon (August 1961 – March 22, 2026)[1] was an American billionaire real estate developer, chairman, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group, an S&P 100 company and the largest U.S. publicly traded commercial real estate company.
Simon was born in August, 1961[1] the son of Jewish American real estate developer and founder Melvin Simon and his first wife Bess (née Meshulam).[2] He was educated at North Central High School and obtained a B.S. degree from Indiana University in 1983 and an M.B.A. from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business in 1985.[3][4]
Career
Simon started his career at First Boston.[5] From 1988 to 1990, he worked at Wasserstein Perella & Co. as a vice president.[6]
In 1990,[7] he joined Simon Property precursor Melvin Simon & Associates as Chief Financial Officer. In 1993, he led the efforts to take Simon Property Group public with a nearly $1 billion initial public offering that, at the time, was the largest real estate stock offering. He became CEO in 1995 and chairman in 2007. He was a past chairman of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) leadership team[8] and a onetime trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). In 2000, he was inducted into the Indiana University Kelley School of Business Academy of Alumni Fellows.[9]