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房地产大亨告诉儿子:接班前先读MBA,再在行业里历练18年

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房地产大亨告诉儿子:接班前先读MBA,再在行业里历练18年
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• 为了让两个儿子顺利接手家族企业,房地产大亨豪尔赫・佩雷斯制定了一个长达20年的接班人培养计划。今年3月,老佩雷斯正式交权。他的两个儿子乔恩·保罗和尼克成为了这家市值达400亿美元的商业帝国的新掌舵人。为了走到今天这一步,他们读了MBA,在竞争对手的公司干了5年,又在自家公司摸爬滚打十几年。但是这番历练,也使他们成功避免了任人为亲的指责,同时也避免了家族企业接班时常见的激烈家庭内斗。

迈阿密的房地产市场格局是比较多元的,既有帕拉伊索湾的摩天大楼,也有马蒂公园的那种包含了各档价位的住宅小区。不过很多这些建筑都有一个共同点,那就是它们都是由迈阿密的房地产大亨豪尔赫・M・佩雷斯建造的。而佩雷斯不久之前,刚刚自己的商业帝国传给了自己的儿子。

佩雷斯是阿根廷裔,他在1979年创办了Related Group集团,该集团的业务遍及美国的迈阿密、劳德代尔堡、拉斯维加斯和墨西哥的巴亚尔塔港等地,产品从廉价住房到高端摩天大楼应有尽有。在过去40年间,该集团开发的项目总值超过了400亿美元,建成住宅超过12万套,累计房地产销售额超过500亿美元。他在佛罗里达州开发的房地产项目兼具文化和艺术性,甚至改变了城市的风貌,他本人也被誉为“迈阿密公寓之王”。

在执掌集团46年之后,老佩雷斯准备将公司传给他的两个儿子——乔恩·保罗和尼克。但他并不打算让他们这么容易就坐享其成。为了确保公司能交到可靠的人手里,同时也为了避免被人指责任人唯亲,这位75岁的亿万富翁给他的两个儿子布置了一系列任务,包括拿到一个MBA学位,在竞争对手的公司工作五年,然后再花十多年时间在公司内部逐级晋升。整个接班过程耗时长达18年。

老佩雷斯在接受《财富》采访时表示:“当我觉得他们(首先是乔恩・保罗)可以来我的公司工作时,我不想让公司里的人觉得他们是走后门进来的,也不想让大家觉得,我之所以给了他们一个职位,仅公让是因为他们是我的儿子。”

乔恩・保罗于今年3月份出任公司首席执行官,尼克则担任集团公寓部门总裁。现在,老佩雷斯作为创始执行董事长退居二线,只在必要时给儿子们一些指导。老佩雷斯表示,他的接班计划是经过精心策划,所以权力才会交接得这样平稳,而且成效也很显著。

“我刻意努力让全世界都知道,我的两个儿子已经做好了胜任这些职位的准备。公司在权力交接过程中不会有任何损失,而且公司还会变得更好。而且必要的时候,我还是可以凭借四五十年的房地产市场经营辅助他们。现在他们也为公司带来了新鲜血液和新的想法,他们比我这个75岁的老人更了解年轻人的市场和想法。”

证明自己,就去读一个MBA,在别人的公司里上几年班,再在我的公司里摸爬滚打13年

多数成功人士的子女都指望自己能直接接手家族企业,但是老佩雷斯却希望,乔恩・保罗和尼克能先在房地产行业历练一番。

“我要求他们俩都要在公司以外找一份自己喜欢的工作干满五年,所以他俩都去了纽约。另外,我还要求他们在学业上做好准备,所以我要求他们花两年时间读了个MBA。”

2007年,乔恩・保罗进入了纽约的一家名叫Related Companie的公司担任分析师。该公司的老板史蒂芬·罗斯也是老佩雷斯的朋友。直到2022年,罗斯还持有佩雷斯公司的少数股权。在乔恩・保罗任职该公司的5年里,他参与了哈德逊城市广场和时代华纳中心的豪华公寓租赁项目。2008年房地产市场下行时期,他还负责了数百个项目的收购与收尾工作。Related Companies公司的总裁小布鲁斯・比尔也成为了他在这一行的“师傅”。

乔恩·保罗表示:“我当时的工作压力是很大的,每天都要工作12到14个小时,我的工作涉及了大量的技术性的财务和承销业务。那段经历对我是非常有益的,它让我深入理解了房地产这门生意的经济原理,对我后来在这里的发展有很大的帮助。”

2012年,乔恩・保罗终于回到了家族公司,先是从租赁部门干起,然后在之后的13年里一步步晋升,摸清了业务的方方面面。在家族企业任职期间,他还于2015年拿下了全美顶尖商学院之一——西北大学凯洛格管理学院的MBA学位。2020年新冠疫情来袭,公司团队纷纷转为居家办公。乔恩・保罗就是在这段时期承担了总裁的角色,正式跻身公司管理层。

“他们来到公司后,也是先从项目助理经理做起,然后是项目经理,这样他们就能了解公司的方方面面。”老佩雷斯说:“之后,他开始负责公司的日常运营。后来我觉得自己已经不再需要再担任CEO一职了,这个职位要做的决策太多了。”

老佩雷斯表示,通过这套严苛且循序渐进的接班计划,乔恩・保罗凭实力赢得了全公司的认可,公司高管团队也认为,他的两个儿子已证明自己有能力领导集团。另外,老佩雷斯也是很关注舆情的,以确保权力交接不会对公司的业务造成损害。

“经常有人问我:‘你紧张吗?你要接手的可是一个大摊子。’ 我尽量不去想这些问题,只想用业绩证明自己的价值。”乔恩・保罗说:“我接班的过程,并不是像多人想的那样,我一来就自动获得了这一切,而是靠我一步一个脚印,让我在成长的同时,赢得了公司内部所有人的尊重。”

避免接班造成的混乱

在规划家族企业接班的问题上,老佩雷斯一方面要打消公众和董事会的顾虑,另一方面也要平息家族内部斗争。老佩雷斯表示,他曾见过有的家族企业在接班的问题上斗得不可开交,但是他却做到了让自家企业在权力交接时不发生这种狗血剧。

“如果你跟有类似经历的朋友聊过,你就会知道,很多家族企业因为接班问题,搞得家人之间反目成仇,有的家庭甚至因此分崩离析。我是个很固执的人,所以如果我告诉你,这是个轻松的过程,那肯定是假话。”老佩雷斯说。

老佩雷斯还指出:“有些人永远无法学会放手”——尤其是像他这样白手起家的“创一代”。而作为父亲,在他看来,孩子们想无视父母的建议走自己的路,这也很正常。接班就是一个相互妥协的过程。儿子们虽然可能没有经历过市场低迷或者公司危机这种事,但现在也确实到了让他们来引领公司的时刻。而维持这种平衡,是佩雷斯家族保持家庭关系健康和谐的关键。

“这些矛盾当然偶尔也是会发生的,不过幸运的是,我们总能解决这些矛盾。”老佩雷斯说:“他们经常会说:‘老头子不愧是有45年经验的人。’而我也会说:‘这需要大家通力合作,不过你们会越来越多地承担拍板的角色。’所以现在,我们一家人依然亲密无间。”(*)

译者:朴成奎

• 为了让两个儿子顺利接手家族企业,房地产大亨豪尔赫・佩雷斯制定了一个长达20年的接班人培养计划。今年3月,老佩雷斯正式交权。他的两个儿子乔恩·保罗和尼克成为了这家市值达400亿美元的商业帝国的新掌舵人。为了走到今天这一步,他们读了MBA,在竞争对手的公司干了5年,又在自家公司摸爬滚打十几年。但是这番历练,也使他们成功避免了任人为亲的指责,同时也避免了家族企业接班时常见的激烈家庭内斗。

迈阿密的房地产市场格局是比较多元的,既有帕拉伊索湾的摩天大楼,也有马蒂公园的那种包含了各档价位的住宅小区。不过很多这些建筑都有一个共同点,那就是它们都是由迈阿密的房地产大亨豪尔赫・M・佩雷斯建造的。而佩雷斯不久之前,刚刚自己的商业帝国传给了自己的儿子。

佩雷斯是阿根廷裔,他在1979年创办了Related Group集团,该集团的业务遍及美国的迈阿密、劳德代尔堡、拉斯维加斯和墨西哥的巴亚尔塔港等地,产品从廉价住房到高端摩天大楼应有尽有。在过去40年间,该集团开发的项目总值超过了400亿美元,建成住宅超过12万套,累计房地产销售额超过500亿美元。他在佛罗里达州开发的房地产项目兼具文化和艺术性,甚至改变了城市的风貌,他本人也被誉为“迈阿密公寓之王”。

在执掌集团46年之后,老佩雷斯准备将公司传给他的两个儿子——乔恩·保罗和尼克。但他并不打算让他们这么容易就坐享其成。为了确保公司能交到可靠的人手里,同时也为了避免被人指责任人唯亲,这位75岁的亿万富翁给他的两个儿子布置了一系列任务,包括拿到一个MBA学位,在竞争对手的公司工作五年,然后再花十多年时间在公司内部逐级晋升。整个接班过程耗时长达18年。

老佩雷斯在接受《财富》采访时表示:“当我觉得他们(首先是乔恩・保罗)可以来我的公司工作时,我不想让公司里的人觉得他们是走后门进来的,也不想让大家觉得,我之所以给了他们一个职位,仅公让是因为他们是我的儿子。”

乔恩・保罗于今年3月份出任公司首席执行官,尼克则担任集团公寓部门总裁。现在,老佩雷斯作为创始执行董事长退居二线,只在必要时给儿子们一些指导。老佩雷斯表示,他的接班计划是经过精心策划,所以权力才会交接得这样平稳,而且成效也很显著。

“我刻意努力让全世界都知道,我的两个儿子已经做好了胜任这些职位的准备。公司在权力交接过程中不会有任何损失,而且公司还会变得更好。而且必要的时候,我还是可以凭借四五十年的房地产市场经营辅助他们。现在他们也为公司带来了新鲜血液和新的想法,他们比我这个75岁的老人更了解年轻人的市场和想法。”

想证明自己,就去读一个MBA,在别人的公司里上几年班,再在我的公司里摸爬滚打13年

多数成功人士的子女都指望自己能直接接手家族企业,但是老佩雷斯却希望,乔恩・保罗和尼克能先在房地产行业历练一番。

“我要求他们俩都要在公司以外找一份自己喜欢的工作干满五年,所以他俩都去了纽约。另外,我还要求他们在学业上做好准备,所以我要求他们花两年时间读了个MBA。”

2007年,乔恩・保罗进入了纽约的一家名叫Related Companie的公司担任分析师。该公司的老板史蒂芬·罗斯也是老佩雷斯的朋友。直到2022年,罗斯还持有佩雷斯公司的少数股权。在乔恩・保罗任职该公司的5年里,他参与了哈德逊城市广场和时代华纳中心的豪华公寓租赁项目。2008年房地产市场下行时期,他还负责了数百个项目的收购与收尾工作。Related Companies公司的总裁小布鲁斯・比尔也成为了他在这一行的“师傅”。

乔恩·保罗表示:“我当时的工作压力是很大的,每天都要工作12到14个小时,我的工作涉及了大量的技术性的财务和承销业务。那段经历对我是非常有益的,它让我深入理解了房地产这门生意的经济原理,对我后来在这里的发展有很大的帮助。”

2012年,乔恩・保罗终于回到了家族公司,先是从租赁部门干起,然后在之后的13年里一步步晋升,摸清了业务的方方面面。在家族企业任职期间,他还于2015年拿下了全美顶尖商学院之一——西北大学凯洛格管理学院的MBA学位。2020年新冠疫情来袭,公司团队纷纷转为居家办公。乔恩・保罗就是在这段时期承担了总裁的角色,正式跻身公司管理层。

“他们来到公司后,也是先从项目助理经理做起,然后是项目经理,这样他们就能了解公司的方方面面。”老佩雷斯说:“之后,他开始负责公司的日常运营。后来我觉得自己已经不再需要再担任CEO一职了,这个职位要做的决策太多了。”

老佩雷斯表示,通过这套严苛且循序渐进的接班计划,乔恩・保罗凭实力赢得了全公司的认可,公司高管团队也认为,他的两个儿子已证明自己有能力领导集团。另外,老佩雷斯也是很关注舆情的,以确保权力交接不会对公司的业务造成损害。

“经常有人问我:‘你紧张吗?你要接手的可是一个大摊子。’ 我尽量不去想这些问题,只想用业绩证明自己的价值。”乔恩・保罗说:“我接班的过程,并不是像多人想的那样,我一来就自动获得了这一切,而是靠我一步一个脚印,让我在成长的同时,赢得了公司内部所有人的尊重。”

避免接班造成的混乱

在规划家族企业接班的问题上,老佩雷斯一方面要打消公众和董事会的顾虑,另一方面也要平息家族内部斗争。老佩雷斯表示,他曾见过有的家族企业在接班的问题上斗得不可开交,但是他却做到了让自家企业在权力交接时不发生这种狗血剧。

“如果你跟有类似经历的朋友聊过,你就会知道,很多家族企业因为接班问题,搞得家人之间反目成仇,有的家庭甚至因此分崩离析。我是个很固执的人,所以如果我告诉你,这是个轻松的过程,那肯定是假话。”老佩雷斯说。

老佩雷斯还指出:“有些人永远无法学会放手”——尤其是像他这样白手起家的“创一代”。而作为父亲,在他看来,孩子们想无视父母的建议走自己的路,这也很正常。接班就是一个相互妥协的过程。儿子们虽然可能没有经历过市场低迷或者公司危机这种事,但现在也确实到了让他们来引领公司的时刻。而维持这种平衡,是佩雷斯家族保持家庭关系健康和谐的关键。

“这些矛盾当然偶尔也是会发生的,不过幸运的是,我们总能解决这些矛盾。”老佩雷斯说:“他们经常会说:‘老头子不愧是有45年经验的人。’而我也会说:‘这需要大家通力合作,不过你们会越来越多地承担拍板的角色。’所以现在,我们一家人依然亲密无间。”(*)

译者:朴成奎

• Billionaire real estate tycoon Jorge Pérez put his two millennial sons through a nearly 20-year-long succession plan before handing over the reins as Related Group’s CEO in March. Jon Paul and Nick—now leading the empire managing a $40 billion development portfolio—had to get an MBA, work for a competitor for five years, and work their way up the ranks. By making his kids cut their teeth on the industry, they skirted nepotism criticism and family drama.

Miami has a diverse real estate landscape, from the gleaming high-rises in Paraíso Bay, to mixed-income communities in Marti Park. But many of these buildings have one thing in common: They were built by real estate mogul Jorge M. Pérez, who just handed down his empire to his sons.

The Argentine-American entrepreneur first launched Related Group in 1979, erecting everything from affordable housing to luxury skyscrapers in cities including Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The real estate empire with a $40 billion development portfolio has built more than 120,000 residences during the past four decades, with over $50 billion in property sold so far. Pérez has been instrumental in changing the Florida landscape—dubbed the “Condo King of Miami”—by building housing projects integrated with art and culture.

After 46 years at the helm, Pérez was ready to pass the torch to his sons, Jon Paul and Nick—but he didn’t make it easy for them. To make sure his company was in good hands and to sidestep nepotism claims, the 75-year-old billionaire sent his kids on a quest: get an MBA, work for a competitor for five years, and spend over a decade rising the ranks. The succession process stretched around 18 years.

“When I felt particularly—beginning with Jon Paul—that they could come to work in the company, what I didn’t want is for people in the company to feel that they were entitled, that the reason that I gave them a position is because they were just my sons,” Jorge tells Fortune.

Jon Paul became CEO of the company in March, while Nick is president of Related Group’s condominium division. Jorge now sits as founding executive chairman, providing wisdom to his sons, but stepping aside for them to lead the company. The plan was perfectly curated to make the transition as smooth, drama-free, and advantageous as possible, Jorge says.

“What I try to do very consciously is let the world know that my two sons were ready for those jobs. That the company was not going to suffer one iota in the transition, but it was actually going to become better,” Jorge says. “They still have me with the 45, 50 years of experience in real estate, plus now they have the new blood that has new ideas, that knows how the younger market thinks better than a 75-year-old.”

Proving himself with an MBA, outside experience, and a 13-year corporate climb

Most children in successful families may expect to be handed the keys to the company—but Jorge wanted Jon Paul and Nick to cut their teeth in the real estate world.

“I required each of them to work five years outside the company in something they liked, and they both went to New York,” Jorge says. “In addition to that, because I wanted them to be well-prepared educationally, I made them do an extra two years getting an MBA.”

Jon Paul set out on his journey to CEO by starting in 2007 as an analyst at Related Companies, a New York-based real estate firm owned by family friend Stephen Ross. Until 2022, Ross also owned a minority stake in Pérez’s business. During Jon Paul’s five-year stint, he worked on luxury rentals and condos from Hudson Yards and the Time Warner Center. In 2008 when development had slowed, he worked on the purchasing and finishing of hundreds of projects. The president of Related Companies, Bruce Beal Jr., became a mentor for Jon Paul.

“I was put into an environment that was very high strung—12 to 14 hours a day. A lot of technical finance, financial underwriting,” Jon Paul says. “The time there was really good for me, as far as understanding the economic side of the business, which helped me when I came down here.”

By 2012, Jon Paul finally had a foot in the door at Related Group; starting off in the rental group, he spent the next 13 years rising through the ranks, learning the ins-and-outs of the business. While working at the family business, he earned an MBA in 2015 from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, one of the top business programs in the U.S. When COVID-19 hit and teams were sequestered to their home offices, Jon Paul assumed an executive role as president, finally stepping into leadership in 2020.

“Even when they came here, they first became an assistant manager to a project, then a project manager, so they would see both sides of the company,” Jorge says. “Then he started running the day-to-day of the business. I felt that I no longer needed to be the CEO, in which there was a greater amount of decision making.”

Jorge says through this rigorous and gradual succession plan, Jon Paul earned his stripes, and the senior team felt his sons proved they can lead Related Group. The real estate founder also tracked public sentiment, ensuring the transition would be made without hurting the business.

“People always ask, ‘Are you nervous? You have such big shoes to fill.’ I tried not to think about that, and just show my worth with my results,” Jon Paul says. “It was never, ‘You come here and you automatically get that.’ It was step by step, allowing me to grow and at the same time earn the respect of the people within the company.”

Sidestepping the potential messiness of succession planning

When planning a family succession, it’s one thing to try and quell public and board room tension—but it can be a whole other battle at home. Jorge says he’s seen other businesses get caught up in family drama, but he made sure there would be no bickering over Related Group.

“You talk to a lot of friends that had issues. Many of them, the succession has turned [family members] into enemies, as opposed to friends, and families that split up over it. I’m very hard headed, so if I told you it’s an easy process, it’s not right,” Jorge says.

Jorge notes “some people can never let go”—especially if they built the company from the ground-up, like he did with Related Group. And as a father, it’s natural for children to want to disregard the advice of their parents to pave their own way. He says succession is a give-and-take; his younger sons may have never lived through market downturns or company crises, but it’s still time for them to lead. Maintaining that balance has been key to the Pérez family keeping a healthy family dynamic.

“Those tensions happen. We’ve been very lucky that we’ve been able to work around all of those,” Jorge says. “It takes part of them saying, ‘Wow, he’s got 45 years experience.’ And for me to say, ‘Hey, this has got to be a cooperative effort, in which you guys are becoming more and more the decision makers. We’re still very close, all of us, as a family.”

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