William Sanders (businessman)

William D. Sanders (born 1941) is an American real estate businessman and developer.

Sanders was raised in El Paso, Texas, the son of an advertising agency owner. In 1964, Sanders graduated from Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. In 1968, he founded the real estate firm LaSalle Partners, in El Paso, Texas, and years later, the Security Capital Group (1990) and Verde Realty. Among existing companies that evolved from holdings once associated with Sanders are: ProLogis, Archstone-Smith Trust (a real estate investment trust), CarrAmerica Realty and Storage USA. In 1999, LaSalle Partners merged with Jones Lang Wooton to form Jones Lang LaSalle.

He served as Chairman of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT). In 1999, he received Cornell's Entrepreneur of the Year award.