Joseph E. Robert, Jr. ’73

Joseph E. Robert, Jr. is founder, chairman, and CEO of the J.E. Robert Companies, now one of the premier private equity real estate funds in the world with seven offices worldwide and a book value of $40 billion. He has used the overwhelming success of his business to give back to the community. In 1990, he founded Fight For Children, which has raised $105 million through contributions, matching grants, and public policy initiatives to support more than 140 youth-serving organizations in the Washington, D.C. area. He chairs the Washington Scholarship Fund and serves on the national board of advisors of Children’s Scholarship Fund. In 2005, Mr. Robert was awarded the Horatio Alger Award for Overcoming Adversity to Achieve Success.