Judah Hertz

Career Hertz founded the Hertz Investment Group, a real estate investment company based in Santa Monica, California, in 1979. The company includes a subsidiary, Sapphire Gaming, which invests in casinos.

Hertz acquired the California Mart, also known as the California Market Center, in Downtown Los Angeles in 2000, By 2000, Hertz was the owner of "about 3 million square feet of office space" in Downtown Los Angeles. He also acquired the Poydras Center, the Louisiana Land and Exploration Company Building, the Texaco Center on Poydras Street. Hertz weathered the hurricane thanks to his insurance. By 2006, Hertz was in disagreement with Laurence S. Geller, the chief executive officer of the Strategic Hotels & Resorts, over the ownership of the Hyatt Regency. In 2007, he began acquiring buildings in Jackson, Mississippi, including the "Pinnacle, One Jackson Place, 111 East Capitol, Regions Plaza and Regions Bank Building." By 2015, Hertz returned to investing in New Orleans real estate and acquired One Shell Square. He also acquired office buildings in Birmingham, Alabama, Columbia, South Carolina and Greensboro, North Carolina. Hertz spent US$417 million on the buildings in the four cities. For example, it raised US$155,000 in 2003.

Personal life Hertz had a wife, Astrid. Their wedding was held in Bel Air, Los Angeles in 2013. He died on February 4, 2021, in Los Angeles, California.