Jay H. Shidler
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April 20, 1946 Pasadena, California U.S. |
| Residence | Honolulu, Hawaii U.S. |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Occupation | Managing Partner, The Shidler Group |
| Spouse(s) | Wallette Sue (Amoy) Shidler |
| Children | Summer Lei D'Anna |
Jay Harold Shidler (/ʃaɪd-lər/ SHīd-ler; born April 20, 1946) is an American investor and philanthropist. Shidler is the managing partner of The Shidler Group, a national real estate investment organization and is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Shidler Family Foundation.
Born in Pasadena, California, Jay H. Shidler, the son of a career U.S. Army officer and a homemaker, grew up on numerous military bases around the world. Shidler attended the University of Hawai‘i and graduated in 1968 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. After graduating from the University of Hawai‘i, Shidler was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Returning to Hawaii in 1971 as a First Lieutenant, Jay Shidler formed the real estate investment firm The Shidler Group.
Since forming The Shidler Group in 1971, Shidler has acquired and owned more than 2,000 commercial properties in 40 U.S. states and Canada. He founded and was the initial investor in over 30 public and private companies issuing in excess of $8.5 billion of debt and equity securities.
Shidler was co-founder and the initial Chairman of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust (TriNet), which he took public and listed on the NYSE in 1993 (NYSE: TRI). TriNet was one of the real estate industry’s first publicly traded REITs focused exclusively on net leased commercial properties. Headquartered in San Francisco, TriNet became the largest publicly-traded company specializing in sale/leaseback transactions. In 1999 TriNet merged with iStar Financial, Inc., now iStar Inc. (NYSE: STAR).
Shidler was co-founder and the initial Chairman of First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (First Industrial), which he took public and listed on the NYSE in 1994 (NYSE: FR). Headquartered in Chicago, First Industrial was one of the industry’s first publicly-traded REITs to focus exclusively on industrial property.
Shidler was co-founder and the initial Chairman of Corporate Office Properties Trust (Corporate Office), which he took public and listed on the NYSE in 1997 (NYSE: OFC). Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Corporate Office Properties was one of the first REITs to focus on serving the specialized requirements of United States Government agencies and defense contractors.
Shidler, one of the wealthiest people in Hawaii, is a major collector of abstract expression art and is a trustee of the Honolulu Museum of Art.
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