Peter Linneman

Peter Linneman (born March 24, 1951) is an American academic who is the principal of Linneman Associates, the CEO and founder of American Land Fund and of KL Realty. He previously served as the Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate, Finance, and Public Policy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, retiring in December 2010. Linneman served as the founding chairman of Wharton's Real Estate Department, and was the Director of Wharton's Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center for 13 years. He is also the founding co-editor of the ''Wharton Real Estate Review''. Linneman has also been named one of the 100 Most Powerful People in New York real estate according to ''The New York Observer'' and one of the 25 most influential people in commercial real estate by ''Realtor Magazine''. Provided by Wikipedia