Don Peebles is the Chairman and CEO of The Peebles Corporation, the country's largest African American real estate development company with a $4 billion development portfolio of luxury hotels, high-rise residential and Class A commercial properties and developments in Washington, D.C., New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Miami Beach.
Mr. Peebles' most recent awards include Entrepreneur of the Year presented by Rev. Jesse Jackson at the 11th annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit; Corporate Citizen Award from One Hundred Black Men of New York; the NV Award for Entrepreneurship; the prestigious Hennessy Privilege Award for extraordinary community contributions; induction to the Martin Luther King International Board of Renaissance Leaders Hall of Fame at Morehouse College in Atlanta; and Community Leader Award from Russell and Danny Simmons' RUSH Philanthropic Arts Foundation at their inaugural Art for Life event in Miami Beach.
