Friday Jan 16, 2026

#54 Peter Linneman | Principal, Linneman Associates

Dr. Peter Linneman is a Principal of Linneman Associates, KL Realty, and American Land Funds, and is the Albert Sussman Emeritus Professor of Real Estate, Finance, and Business Public Policy at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a member of Wharton's faculty for 32 years, founding Wharton's Real Estate Department and the Zell-Lurie Real Estate Center. He is the founding co-editor of The Wharton Real Estate Review and has published over 80 articles during his career.

Dr. Linneman is widely recognized as a leading strategic thinker and investor, and has been cited as one of the 25 Most Influential People in Real Estate by Realtor Magazine, and one of the 100 Most Powerful People in New York Real Estate by the New York Observer. He is a highly sought-after speaker, appearing as the keynote speaker at numerous major industry conferences.

For more than three decades Dr. Peter Linneman has been a critical influence in driving the professionalization of real estate capital markets and the commercial real estate industry. Thousands of global and regional real estate investment professionals look to Linneman Associates’ insights each quarter through subscriptions to The Linneman Letter.

Episode Topics:

Studying under Milton Friedman at the Chicago School of Economics
Chairing the board of Rockefeller Center Properties through its successful restructuring and sale
Founding and evolution of The Linneman Letter
Developing a professional and personal relationship with Sam Zell
Building the Wharton Real Estate Program into a world-class institution

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