Stephen M. Ross

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Note: - do not confuse with Steve Ross, late head of Time-Warner.

New York City-based real estate developer Stephen M. Ross is founder, chairman and CEO of The Related Companies, L.P. (TRC)

The developer of numerous high-profile projects in New York City and around the nation, TRC is best known for its historic 2.8 million-square-foot $1,700,000,000 Time Warner Center, which has transformed Columbus Circle into one of New York’s premier destinations.

Ross, co-chair of the University of Michigan's $2.5 billion fundraising campaign, currently serves on President Mary Sue Coleman's Advisory Group and the Director's Cabinet in the University’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Ross earned his degree in accounting in 1962 from the University of Michigan Business School, a Juris Doctor from the Wayne State School of Law in 1965. He earned a LLM degree in Taxation from the New York University School of Law (1966).

He began his career as a tax attorney at Coopers & Lybrand in Detroit, where he was born, and went on to become assistant vice president in the real estate subsidiary of Laird Inc. and in the corporate finance department of Bear Stearns, both in New York City.

Ross participates in many civic activities. He was on the executive committee of NYC2012, New York’s initiative to bring the summer Olympic Games to New York City eight years from now, which failed when London won instead. As a trustee of the Guggenheim Museum (NYC) Ross is involved in the planning for a major renovation of the Frank Lloyd Wright iconic building and other new museums. He is a member of the executive committee and board of directors of the Real Estate Board of New York, a trustee of the National Building Museum and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and longtime supporter of the UJA Federation of New York.

Among the many awards Ross has received are the Jack D. Weiler Award from the UJA of New York in 2003 and the New York Building Congress 80th Anniversary Leadership Award in 2001. He was named the 2001 honoree for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's annual Promise Ball, and earlier that year he received the Henry Pearce Award from the Jewish Association of Services for the Aged.

Ross was named Owner & Developer of the Year by New York Construction News in 2000. In 1999, he was honored by the Lincoln Center Real Estate and Construction Council and received the “What New York Needs” award presented by The Doe Fund. Ross received the "Tree of Life Award" in 1998 in recognition of outstanding community involvement and devotion to peace and the security of human life.

Ross is the nephew of industrialist and philanthropist Max M. Fisher of Detroit, who attended Ohio State University and contributed $20 million to OSU's College of Business building campaign in 1993. In recognition of his gift, the college was designated the Max M. Fisher College of Business.

Ross is also the interim CEO and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of CharterMac, a member of the Board of Directors of the Real Estate Board of New York, on the Board of Directors for the Guggenheim Museum and Equinox, a trustee of the National Building Museum and the Jackie Robinson Foundation, and a director of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

In 2004, Ross made the single largest contribution to the University of Michigan by donating $100 million to the school. The University renamed its business school, The Stephen M. Ross School of Business in his honor.