Francis J. Greenburger

Francis J. Greenburger (born February 13, 1949) is an American real estate developer, literary agent, author, philanthropist and the founder of Time Equities, Art Omi and The Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice.

Biography Greenburger grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York. His mother, Ingrid (née Gruttenfien), was an ethnic German immigrant and author. His father was the literary agent Sanford Greenburger who founded the Sanford J. Greenburger Literary Agency

His literary agency, which still carries his father's name, has at different times represented, among other authors, Dan Brown, James Patterson, Nicholas Sparks, Nelson DeMille and George Bach.

In 1992 Greenburger founded the art center and residency program, Art Omi in Ghent, New York.

Today he is the CEO of the real estate firm he brought into being, Time Equities, Inc. which is set to open the billion dollar, 64 story mixed-use residential and commercial building 50 West Street in lower Manhattan adjacent to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel.

In 2016 BenBella Books published his autobiography Risk Game: Self-Portrait of an Entrepreneur which he co-authored with Rebecca Paley.

Personal life Greenburger has been married twice. His first wife was Judy Greenburger. They had one son, Alexander (born 1988), who drowned in an accident in 1990; adopted a son, newborn Morgan, in 1993; and later had another son, Noah (born 1995). They later separated and Judy died in 1999. Greenburger is remarried to French born architect Isabelle Autones; they have two daughters.