Real Estate Development

The Related Group

Founded by Jorge Pérez, born in Argentina to Cuban-exile parents

90,000+ residential units built · $2.7B revenue (2023) · ~$20B development portfolio — the largest Hispanic-owned business in the US

The Founder’s Story

Pérez came to the US independently for his education and career before founding the company in Miami. He remains Chairman and CEO and founder today.

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Its Related Urban Development Group is redeveloping Miami’s Claude Pepper public-housing site into a 398-unit, all below-market-rate building with a community center. [The Real Deal]
Secured up to $5.7 million from Miami’s Miami Forever Bond program in 2025 to build a 98-unit affordable senior housing project capped at 30% of area median income. [The Real Deal]
Opened a 34-unit affordable housing complex, Edificio Piñeiro, in Miami’s Shenandoah neighborhood in 2024, a $7.6 million project. [Miami New Times]

Jorge Pérez donated a record $33 million to the Miami Foundation in 2021. [The Related Group]
The Related Group Foundation gave a $1 million endowment gift to FIU’s Metropolitan Center in 2019, which was renamed in Pérez’s honor. [FIU News]
The company allocates 2% of profits to the Related Philanthropic Foundation and runs an employee matching-gifts and volunteer program. [The Related Group]

Sources: Immigrant Learning Center Hall of Fame · Wikipedia · The Real Deal · The Real Deal · Miami New Times · The Related Group · FIU News · The Related Group

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