User:AHatJLL/Christian Ulbrich Draft
Christian Ulbrich | |
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| Born | 1966 (age 57–58) Hamburg, Germany |
| Education | Master's degree University of Hamburg[1] |
| Occupation | Business executive |
| Known for | President and chief executive officer of JLL |
| Board member of | Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated Vonovia[2] |
Christian Ulbrich is a German executive and the current president and chief executive officer of global real estate services company JLL.
Personal life
Ulbrich was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1966.[3] His father was a businessman and owned his own company, importing and trading timber.[3] Instead of joining the family business, he decided to go into banking and undertook a bank internship.[3] Following his internship, he studied at the University of Hamburg.[4]
Career
After early roles at MeesPierson and Rabobank Nederland, in 1995 Ulbrich joined the executive board of Bank Companie Nord,[3] and in 1996 was named its CEO.[4] Ulbrich led Bank Companie Nord through a turn-around of its operations and acquisition by another company. Based on this experience, Warburg Bank hired him to lead its real estate group HIH.[3][4]
JLL appointed him as the managing director of its German operations in 2005.[3] The company promoted him to CEO of JLL EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) in January 2009.[5] In 2016, JLL named him as its global president and he became a member of its board of directors.[6] Later that year, he also became the company's global CEO.[7] In his promotion to this role, he reportedly became the first German in global leadership of one of the major real estate companies.[7] In 2019, Commercial Property Executive named Ulbrich as its service executive of the year.[8]
Ulbrich serves on the World Economic Forum's International Business Council and its Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders.[9]
References
- ^ Emmert, Amy; Hafeman, Jen (16 February 2022). "Real estate company Jones Lang LaSalle aims to build a better world". strategy+business. PWC. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Supervisory Board". Vonovia.de. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Reichel, Reiner (18 July 2018). "Christian Ulbrich ist ein hanseatischer Globetrotter" [Christian Ulbrich is a Hanseatic globetrotter]. Handelsblatt (in German). Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ a b c Guest, Penny (8 November 2008). "Taking the Hot Seat: Former banker Christian Ulbrich is taking over the top job at the EMEA division of Jones Lang LaSalle". Estates Gazette Magazine. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
But instead of taking over the family timber merchant, he gained an internship at a local bank, which led him to a career in finance: economics at Hamburg University, Allianz Insurance in London and spells in international commodity markets for Rabobank Nederland and MeesPierson.
- ^ "Gelungener Einstand trotz Krise; Christian Ulbrich findet in seine Rolle als JLL-Europachef" [Successful debut despite the crisis; Christian Ulbrich finds his place as JLL Europe boss]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 11 June 2010. p. 45.
- ^ "CHRISTIAN ULBRICH; Deutscher Chef für Jones Lang LaSalle" [CHRISTIAN ULBRICH; German boss for Jones Lang LaSalle]. Handelsblatt (in German). 25 August 2016.
- ^ a b Leykam, Monika (25 August 2016). "Christian Ulbrich führt JLL ab Oktober" [Christian Ulbrich leads JLL from October]. Immobilien Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ "Christian Ulbrich". Commercial Property Executive. 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ "Christian Ulbrich". WEForum.org. World Economic Forum. Retrieved 21 February 2022.