Jeff Blau

Jeff T. Blau is CEO & a Partner of Related Companies. He is responsible for leading the company’s $100 billion portfolio of assets owned & under development, spanning virtually every sector of the real estate industry. Mr. Blau sets the strategic direction for the company’s growth & expansion, including the pursuit of new business opportunities & financing activities. Some of the firm’s signature accomplishments include the development of Deutsche Bank Center & Hudson Yards. Under Mr. Blau’s leadership, the firm remains deeply committed to developing & preserving affordable housing. The company owns & manages more than 61,000 units of affordable housing & is currently developing Willets Point, the City’s largest all-affordable housing development in 40 years, & redeveloping NYCHA’s Fulton & Elliott Chelsea Houses. Mr. Blau is the Chairman & Founding Partner of energyRe, an energy company established in 2019 out of the firm’s sustainability practices that develops utility-scale transmission, generation, storage & distributed generation solutions. In early 2025, Mr. Blau unveiled Related Digital, a leading vertically integrated data center development & investment platform with a $45 billion development pipeline of more than 6 GWs of near-term power. The firm has projects underway in Ontario, WY, MI, MO & TX. Mr. Blau serves on the Board of Directors of Equinox Holdings, Inc., Sun Communities (NYSE: SUI), Robin Hood Foundation, Wharton Graduate School, University of Michigan, Lincoln Center, Mount Sinai Medical Center, NYC Partnership Fund & the Real Estate Roundtable.