Laurence S. Geller

Laurence Stephen Geller, CBE, (born November 1947) is a British-American real estate investor, author and philanthropist. He served as the founder, president and chief executive officer of Strategic Hotels & Resorts from 1997 to 2012. He is the chancellor of the University of West London and the Chairman of Geller Capital Partners.

Early life Laurence Geller was born in November 1947 in London. His father, Harold Geller, was a conductor at the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. During the Six-Day War of 1967, he served in the Israel Defense Forces.

Geller serves as the chairman of Geller Capital Partners.

Geller served as the chairman of the Chairman of the Industry Real Estate Financing Advisory Council of the American Hotel and Lodging Association, and as the chairman of the Commercial and Retail Council of the Urban Land Institute.

Philanthropy Geller served on the board of the Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. On December 31, 2011, he became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

In 2015, Geller donated US$1 million, or £650,000, to Bloomsbury Publishing to make the papers of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill available to schoolchildren.

Personal life Geller was married for forty years until he divorced circa 2012.

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