ULI Trustee Profile

I am: Jeremy Newsum, group chief executive of Grosvenor, a privately owned international real estate company, originating in the United Kingdom.

ULI Member since: 1997.

Where I live: Cambridge. (The original one!)

Favorite room in my home: Kitchen.

Favorite way to spend time with family: Traveling.

How I unwind: Watercolor painting and real tennis.

What makes me laugh: Newspapers.

What makes me angry: Newspapers.

Last book I’ve read: Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis.

Person I admire most: My father.

Person I rely on most: Too many to list, though I don’t like to admit it.

First (salaried) job: Grosvenor

What I do now for a living: Others would say (and I would have to agree) not a lot, though I’m still happy to grab the glory.

Project I’m now working on: Developers should be “local.”

Project that makes me proudest: Continuing evolution of Grosvenor.

Professional goal yet to achieve: Speaking French properly.

Why I would tell someone to join ULI: It’s an excellent way to link the real estate industry across Europe.

Grosvenor is an international property development and investment group with interests across four key operating regions—the United Kingdom and Ireland; the Americas; Continental Europe; and Australia and the Asia Pacific. Currently, Grosvenor manages a portfolio valued at approximately $7.8 billion, and it has interests in 16 countries. The origins of the business can be traced back to 1677, when the areas of London, now called Mayfair and Belgravia, came into the ownership of the Grosvenor family. Development of Mayfair began in the 1720s, and Grosvenor has been involved in the development and asset management of property ever since.