George M. Marcus
Chairman
(650) 494-1400
gmarcus@mmcrealestate.com
George Marcus is the founder of Marcus & Millichap Company and has been its Chairman since 1971. Mr. Marcus is also Chairman of Essex Property Trust (NYSE: ESS), a publicly held multi-family real estate investment trust. He was an original founder and director of Plaza Commerce Bank and Greater Bay Bancorp, both publicly held financial institutions. He continues to serve as a director of Greater Bay Bancorp and the Apartment Industry Foundation. Included among his professional memberships are the Board of Regents of The University of California, the Real Estate Roundtable and the Policy Advisory Board of U.C. Berkeley Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics. Mr. Marcus graduated with a B.S. degree in Economics from San Francisco State University and was honored as Alumnus of the Century in 1999. He is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School Owners/Presidents Management Program and the Georgetown University Leadership Program.
