George M. Marcus
Entrepreneur/Businessman/Philanthropist
The Aristeio Award

Born George Moutsanas in 1941 in Euboea, one of the oldest-known confederations of Greek states in classical antiquity, he emigrated to the United States and in 1945 with his parents and sister, Orsa.

George M. Marcus graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from San Francisco State University in 1965; he was honored as Alumnus of the Year in 1989. Mr. Marcus is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School of Owners/Presidents Management Program and the Georgetown University Leadership Program.

He is the founder of The Marcus & Millichap Company and its chairman since 1971. The Marcus & Millichap Company is the parent company of a diversified group of real estate, service, investment and development firms. Mr. Marcus is also chairman of Essex Property Trust (a publicly held multi-family Real Estate Investment Trust). Mr. Marcus was one of the original founders and directors of Plaza Commerce Bank and Greater Bay Bancorp, both publicly held financial institutions. Included among Mr. Marcus' professional memberships are the Board of Regents of The University of California, the Apartment Industry Foundation in which he currently serves on the board of directors, the Real Estate Roundtable and the Policy Advisory Board of the University of California at Berkeley - Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics. He currently serves as an Advisor on the Strategic Review Committee for CalPers; the largest pension fund in the world.

George Marcus serves on the Board of Directors of the Modern Greek Studies Foundation at San Francisco State University, International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC), Leadership 100, The Elios Society and the National Hellenic Society.  He is also a member of FAITH and AHEPA. He received the high Offikion of Archon Exarchos in 1991 by His Eminence Archbishop Iakovos at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York. He co-founded and served as president of DYNAMIS; the political action committee to promote Greek-Americans for elected office. His many awards include the Oxi Day Award, Axion Award, Elios Cultural Achievement Award, Patriarch Athenagoras Humanitarian Award and Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce; Person of the Year.

George Marcus and his wife, Judy live in Los Altos Hills, California.  They have four children: Mary Jane, John, Demetra and Alexandria.