Peter Malkin biography
Peter L. Malkin serves as Chairman Emeritus of the General Partner of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., the General Partner of Empire State Realty OP, L.P. Peter L. Malkin joined his father-in-law and Malkin Holdings LLC’s co-founder, Lawrence A. Wien, as a principal of Malkin Holdings LLC in 1958, and was responsible for the syndication and supervision of property acquisition transactions completed by Malkin Holdings LLC. Peter L. Malkin is the founding chairman and currently a director of the Grand Central Partnership, The 34th Street Partnership and The Fashion Center Business Improvement District, each of which is a not-for-profit organization that provides supplemental public safety, sanitation and capital improvement services to a designated area in midtown Manhattan. Peter L. Malkin is also Co-Chairman of the Emeritus Board of Directors of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (having been the longest serving board member of that institution), Chairman of the Dean’s Council of the Harvard Kennedy School, Co-Chair Emeritus of The Real Estate Council of the Metropolitan Museum of New York, founder and Honorary Co-Chair of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, a Director Emeritus of U.S. Trust Corporation, a member of the Global Wealth Management Advisory Committee of Bank of America, a member of the Advisory Committee of the Greenwich Japanese School, a partner in the New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce and a director of the Realty Foundation of New York. Peter L. Malkin received a bachelor’s degree summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Harvard College and a law degree magna cum laude from Harvard Law School.
