Cushman & Wakefield
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| Industry | Real Estate |
| Founded | 1917 |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Global Leadership Brett White – Chairman & CEO Tod Lickerman – Chief Executive of the Americas Duncan Palmer – Global Chief Financial Officer Brett Soloway – Global General Counsel Matthew Bouw – Global Chief Human Resources Officer Adam Stanley – Global Chief Information Officer Regional Leadership Joe Stettinius – Chief Executive, Americas Brokerage & Capital Markets John Forrester – Chief Executive EMEA Edward Cheung – Chairman APAC Board & Chief Executive Greater China Stuart Roberts – Chief Executive APAC Service Line Leadership Carlo Barel di Sant’Albano – Chairman EMEA and Chief Executive Global Capital Markets & Investor Services Steve Quick – Chief Executive, Global Occupier Services/Americas Leader Paul Bedborough – Chief Executive, C&W Services Mike Daley – Global Chief Marketing Officer |
| Products | Commercial Real Estate Services |
| Services | Agency Leasing Asset Services Capital Markets Facility Services (C&W Services) Global Occupier Services Investment Management (DTZ Investors) Project & Development Services Tenant Representation Valuation & Advisory |
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Number of employees
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43,000+ |
| Website | http://www.cushmanwakefield.com/ |
Cushman & Wakefield is an American commercial real estate services company. The company’s global headquarters is located in Chicago, with regional headquarters in New York City (Americas), London (EMEA), and Sydney (APAC).
Cushman & Wakefield is among the largest commercial real estate services firms with revenues of $5 billion.The firm operates in more than 60 countries and 43,000 employees.
Cushman & Wakefield was founded in New York on October 31, 1917 by brothers-in-law J. Clydesdale Cushman and Bernard Wakefield. Expanding first throughout the United States and then globally, today Cushman & Wakefield has approximately 250 offices in 60 countries, employing more than 16,000 people.
1820 Healey & Baker, Cushman & Wakefield’s future European operation, is started in London by George Healey, who took building leases on Crown lands to the east and north of Regent's Park at the time when Regent Street was being built.
1860 George Healey’s son, Alfred, becomes a partner in the firm, and the company greatly expands its activities in London, in particular the Bayswater Road area.
1910 George Henry Baker joins Healey’s firm. Bernard Wakefield arrives in the United States from England, where since the age of 21 he had been managing a real estate office.
1917 Cushman & Wakefield is incorporated in New York by J. Clydesdale Cushman and Bernard Wakefield.
1920 George Henry Baker becomes a partner and the firm becomes known as Healey & Baker, focusing on commercial property.
1930’s-1940’s Cushman & Wakefield becomes a market leader in all real estate services throughout the regional New York area.
1960 Cushman & Wakefield begins a national expansion establishing offices throughout the U.S.
1969 Media conglomerate RCA Corp. acquired Cushman & Wakefield.
1976 RCA Corp. sold its stake to The Rockefeller Group.
1984 Arthur J. Mirante II becomes CEO of Cushman & Wakefield.
1989 Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. became the majority shareholder in The Rockefeller Group.
1990 Presence in Europe established through the acquisition of Healey & Baker.
1994 C&W worldwide partnership is established with major real estate services firms in the U.S., Europe, Asia, South America, Mexico, and Canada.
2001 Cushman & Wakefield acquires Cushman Realty Corporation (CRC), bolstering its presence on the West Coast and Southwest United States, bringing CRC founders John C. Cushman III and Louis B. Cushman back to the firm founded by their grandfather, J. Clydesdale Cushman and great-uncle, Bernard Wakefield. John C. Cushman became Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Louis B. Cushman, Vice Chairman.
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