- Jorge M. Perez
Jorge M. Perez (born
1950 inArgentina ) is a billionaire Cuban American real estate developer.Perez, was born in
Argentina ofCuban parents and lived inColombia before moving toMiami in1968 . Known as the "Donald Trump of the Tropics", Perez owns 50 condo towers in various stages of completion inSouth Florida ,Fort Myers and Las Vegas. His company, the Related Group of Florida, had $2.1 billion in revenue in 2004. He is an active Democratic fund raiser; he advisedBill Clinton onCuba during his presidency and was an active fundraiser for the failed presidential campaign of SenatorHillary Rodham Clinton . In 2006,Forbes Magazine estimated his net worth at 1.8 billion dollars. Jorge Perez's main company is called the Related Group. On November 18 2007 the related group demolished the Sherton at Bal Harbour to make way for a new projectVideo (http://video.ap.org/v/Default.aspx?partner=en-ap&g=b8f18169-e120-45a0-a6ed-60565bb4f058&f=FLMIH&f=flmih) . The Sherton at Bal Harbour was originally called the Americana which created by famous architect Morris Lapidus (who also did Fontainebleau Hotel,and Eden Rock Hotel). These buildings were so important and famous that they started the MIMO (MIami MOdern) style of architecture.External links
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