Hamid R. Moghadam
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
AMB Property Corporation
Hamid Moghadam cofounded AMB Property Corporation in 1983, took it public in 1997, and currently serves as chairman and CEO. AMB Property Corporation is a leading global developer and owner of industrial real estate, focused on major hub and gateway distribution markets in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Mr. Moghadam has held a number of strategic roles within the real estate industry. He is the former chairman of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) and the Real Estate Investment Trust Political Action Committee (REITPAC). He served as a director of Plum Creek Timber Company (NYSE: PCL) and was a founding member of the Real Estate Roundtable.
Mr. Moghadam is a trustee of Stanford University and serves as chairman of Stanford ManagementCompany. As an active participant in the San Francisco Bay area community, he has served or currently is serving on various philanthropic and community boards including the California Academy of Sciences and Town School for Boys.
He is a past winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award and a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. He has been named CEO of the Year on six different occasions by three separate industry publications. He also received NAREIT’s Industry Leadership Award in 2005.
Mr. Moghadam received SB and SM degrees in engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Mr. Moghadam lives in San Francisco with his wife, Christina Gwatkin (Stanford BA ’78), and son
