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Equity Residential executives

Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Equity Residential executive team is 20% female and 80% male.
  • 64% of the management team is White.
  • 12% of Equity Residential management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Sam Zell

Founder

Robert Lurie

Founder

Mark Parrell

Trustee

Mark J. Parrell has been Chief Executive Officer of the Company since January 2019 and President of the Company since September 2018. Mr. Parrell served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company from October 2007 to September 2018. Mr. Parrell was Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the Company from August 2005 to October 2007 and has held various positions within the Company’s finance group since September 1999. Mr. Parrell is a member of the National Multifamily Housing Council (“NMHC”) and served as Chair of its Finance Committee until January 2017 and is also a member of the Urban Land Institute (“ULI”). Mr. Parrell serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Chicago Food Depository. He is a former director of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) and served as a director of Aviv REIT, Inc. (NYSE: AVIV) until April 1, 2015, when it merged with a competitor. Mr. Parrell received a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.

Robert A. Garechana

Exec VP/CFO

Robert A. Garechana's LinkedIn

Robert Garechana is an EVP - Chief Financial Officer at EQUITY RESIDENTIAL and is based in Greater Chicago Area. He has worked as AVP - Assistant Treasurer at EQUITY RESIDENTIAL, Manager - Financial Risk at CARDINAL HEALTH INC, and VP - Financial Reporting at EQUITY RESIDENTIAL. Robert studied at McCombs School of Business between 1996 and 2000 and The University of Texas at Austin between 1996 and 2000.

Michael L. Manelis

Exec VP/COO

Michael Manelis is an Exec VP/COO at EQUITY RESIDENTIAL. He has worked as Exec VP:Property Operations at EQUITY RESIDENTIAL, Senior VP:Property Ops at EQUITY RESIDENTIAL, and First VP:Property at EQUITY RESIDENTIAL.

Alan George

Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer

Alan George's LinkedIn

Alan W. George has been Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of the Company since January 2002. Alan George was Executive Vice President – Acquisitions/Dispositions from February 1997 to January 2002. Alan George serves on the Executive Committee of NMHC and is also a member of ULI.

Christa Sorenson

Chief Human Resources Officer

Christa Sorenson's LinkedIn

Senior Human Resources Executive with the privilege of leading a top performing HR and O.D. team. Influencing performance, leadership, and culture at Equity Residential, a highly successful, publicly-traded multi-family REIT.

Ian Kaufman

Senior VP/Chief Acctg Officer

Ian Kaufman's LinkedIn

Ian Kaufman is a Senior VP/Chief Acctg Officer at EQUITY RESIDENTIAL. He has worked as VP:Financial Reporting at EQUITY RESIDENTIAL. Ian attended University of Michigan.

John Jack

Board Member

Linda Bynoe

Board Member

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Equity Residential founders

Name & TitleBio
Sam Zell

Founder

Robert Lurie

Founder

Equity Residential board members

Name & TitleBio
Sam Zell

Founder

John Jack

Board Member

Linda Bynoe

Board Member

Equity Residential leadership demographics

Equity Residential gender distribution in management team

  • The Equity Residential executive team is 20% female and 80% male.
  • Equity Residential is 53% female and 47% male company-wide.
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Company-wide: 47%
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Female
20%
Company-wide: 53%

Equity Residential executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Equity Residential executive officers is White.
  • 64% of the management team is White.
  • 12% of Equity Residential's management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 12% of the management team is Asian.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 58% of employees are White.
  • 19% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 12% of employees are Black or African American.
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What employees say about the executives at Equity Residential

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Dec 2023
Pros of working at Equity Residential

Multu-cultural environment, good attitude of management team with other workers

Cons of working at Equity Residential

Salary pending

Equity Residential benefits

Health insurance

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2020
Pros of working at Equity Residential

I love Equity’s #oneteam, take educated risks, do the right thing, philosophy. The organization hires overachievers from diverse backgrounds and keeps us challenged. The teams have been fantastic.

Cons of working at Equity Residential

There is near-constant understaffing and, though touted as a benefit, I have experienced little work/life balance, frequently working 10-14 hours a day to offset understaffing and meet important deadlines.

Equity Residential benefits

The benefits are pretty terrific - if not slightly reminiscent of coal towns and company stores. I receive a decent rental discount, half of which is taxed, reasonably priced health insurance, an HSA, a 401k match up to 4%, stock purchase plan, discounts on car and renters insurance, all of which are deducted from my biweekly paycheck.

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