Steven R. Karp

Stephen R. Karp (born 1941) is an American real estate developer and billionaire.

Biography Karp was born to Beatrice G. (née Taylor) and Harold Karp. Karp worked construction during the summer while attending Boston University where he graduated. After school, he worked for a real estate development firm whom he convinced to partner with him to develop a shopping center in Danvers, Massachusetts named the Liberty Tree Mall, The mall opened in 1972 He served as chairman of the Board of Trustees of Boston Children's Hospital, as a trustee and chairman of Children's Hospital Trust, and as chairman of the Dana-Farber/Children’s Hospital Cancer Care; he also served on the Board of Trustees of Boston University, Belmont Hill School, and the Boston Youth Sanctuary. He is on the Board of Overseers of Newton-Wellesley Hospital and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. His son Doug along with his best friend Ben Fischman (and son of New England Development's Vice Chairman Steven Fischman) co-founded the baseball cap retailer, Lids.