Leadership/Senior Management
Fred Wilpon, Co-Founder and Chairman
Fred Wilpon is Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Sterling Equities and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the New York Mets. In 2000, he Co-Founded and became Chairman of the Brooklyn Baseball Company, owner of the Brooklyn Cyclones. Mr. Wilpon's background includes extensive experience in all aspects of the real estate industry, as well as serving as the Senior Executive of many diversified businesses. Mr. Wilpon received a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Michigan.
Saul B. Katz, Co-Founder and President
Saul Katz is Co-Founder and President of Sterling
Equities. As Chief Operating Officer, Mr.
Katz directs Sterling's day-to-day real estate
operations. Mr. Katz also presides over Sterling's
non-real estate affiliates and subsidiary
companies, which range from financial institutions
to manufacturing, consulting, entertainment
and retailing enterprises. Mr. Katz is President
of the New
York Mets and the Brooklyn
Cyclones. Mr. Katz sits on the Board of Renewable
Environmental Solutions (RES), a partnership
of Changing World Technologies and ConAgra
foods that is focused on deploying their proprietary
thermodepolymerization process in the agricultural
market. Mr. Katz serves as Honorary Chair
of the Board of the North Shore Long Island
Jewish Health System, as well as serving as
a Board member of many nonprofit organizations
and institutions. He is a Certified Public
Accountant with a Bachelor of Science Degree
in Accounting, which he received from Brooklyn
College.
Michael Katz,
Senior Executive Vice President
Michael Katz joined Sterling Equities in 1973
and currently serves as a Senior Executive
Vice President. He is Co-Chief Executive Officer
of the Sterling American Funds with day-to-day
responsibility for the management of their
investments as well as leading and directing
Sterling Equities' and Sterling American Funds'
in-house financing departments. Mr. Katz is
a member of the Board of Directors of the
New
York Mets. He also serves on the Board
of the North Shore Long Island Jewish Health
System, the JCCA and is a Board member of
many nonprofit organizations and institutions.
He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds
a Master's Degree in Business Administration
from Bernard M. Baruch College.
Marvin B. Tepper,
Senior Executive Vice President
and General Counsel
Marvin Tepper is a Senior Executive Vice President
and the General Counsel of Sterling Equities
He is a member of the Board of Directors of
the New
York Mets and a partner in the Brooklyn
Baseball Company, owners of the Brooklyn
Cyclones. Mr. Tepper has over 30 years
of experience in legal, finance, tax and investment
matters. Prior to Sterling, he was senior
partner in a New York law firm where he built
an extensive practice in real estate, corporate
and commercial matters. He is Chairman of
the Board of Zoning and Appeals of the Village
of Sands Point and participates in various
other civic and philanthropic organizations.
Mr. Tepper received a law degree from NYU's
School of Law andan A.B. degree from New York
University.
Richard A.
Wilpon, Senior Executive Vice President
Richard Wilpon joined Sterling Equities in 1972 and currently serves as Senior
Executive Vice President. He is also Co-Chief
Executive Officer of the Sterling American
Funds, with day-to-day responsibility for
the management of its investments as well
as overseeing all real estate acquisitions
and dispositions.
Mr. Wilpon serves on the Board of Directors
of the New
York Mets as well as the Boards of various
professional, civic and charitable organizations.
He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from
Brooklyn College.
David M. Katz,
Executive Vice President
David Katz joined Sterling Equities in 1987
and is a Partner.
Mr. Katz has developed commercial and residential
properties, overseen condominium conversions,
and evaluates acquisition opportunities. Mr.
Katz also presides over Sterling's non-real
estate affiliate company Changing
World Technologies (CWT), where he sits
as a Board member. CWT is a bio-energy company
using the thermodepolymerization process (TDP).
Mr. Katz also sits on the Board of Renewable
Environmental Solutions, a partnership
of CWT and ConAgra
Foods that is focused on deploying the
TDP in the agricultural market. Mr. Katz is
a Board member of the New
York Mets. He also sits on the Board of various
philanthropic organizations. Mr. Katz received
a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Hofstra University.
Thomas Osterman,
Executive Vice President
Thomas Osterman joined Sterling Equities in 1975 and currently serves as Executive Vice President, with primary responsibility for the repositioning and strategic management of Sterling American Funds' assets. He has overseen the development and construction of 1.6 million square feet of commercial and residential properties in Manhattan and served as CEO for Sterling's out-of-state real estate profit-centers. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the New
York Mets and participates in and is a board member of numerous civic and philanthropic organizations. Mr. Osterman is a Beyer, Mellon and Rockefeller Fellow, and holds a Master's Degree in Urban & Regional Planning and a Master's Degree in Public Administration.
Jeffrey S.
Wilpon, Executive Vice President
Jeffrey S. Wilpon is responsible for actively
supervising major new building construction
and renovations; major tenant installations;
and, retail and commercial leasing. Mr. Wilpon
is also
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer of the New
York Mets, where he oversees the day-to-day
baseball and business operation. He is Senior
Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer of the Mets Development
Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
New York Mets, responsible for the planning,
design development and construction of a new
stadium complex for the organization. Mr.
Wilpon also serves as the
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer of the Brooklyn
Cyclones, where he worked in partnership
with the City of New York to oversee the planning,
design and construction of KeySpan Park, the
Cyclones'
ballpark. He serves on the Boards of many
non-profit organizations and institutions
including: NY Hall of Science; NYC Police
Foundation; NYC & Co.; Greenwich Country Day
School; and the Association of a Better NY.
A former catcher, he was drafted by the Montreal
Expos in 1983 and played part of that season
with Jamestown (A) of the NY-Penn League.
Arthur Friedman,
Senior Vice President
Arthur Friedman has served as Senior Vice
President since joining Sterling in January
1986. He is responsible for coordinating cash
management and overseeing the bulk of the
partners' investments, as well as promulgating
numerous banking relationships. He is a member
of the Board of Directors for the New
York Mets, and participates in various
charitable organizations. Mr. Friedman holds
a law degree from Brooklyn Law School, is
a Certified Public Accountant and graduated
from Brooklyn College.
Gregory A. Katz,
Vice President
Gregory Katz joined Sterling Equities in 2001.
Mr. Katz's real estate experience includes
the acquisition and disposition of multifamily,
commercial and retail properties as well as
arranging financing for Sterling American
fund assets. Prior to joining Sterling, he
was an associate at a major development company
based in New York City where he specialized
in retail-anchored, mixed-use projects. Mr.
Katz holds a Bachelor of Science degree in
Economics from The Wharton School at the University
of Pennsylvania.
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