John Kilroy

John Kilroy was elected to serve as the Company’s Chairman of the Board in February 2013 and has been the Company’s CEO since incorporation in September 1996. He also served as President from September 1996 to December 2020. Having led its private predecessor, Kilroy Industries, in a similar capacity, he was appointed President in 1981 and CEO in 1991.

Mr. Kilroy is involved in all aspects of commercial real estate acquisition, entitlement, development, construction, leasing, financing, and dispositions for the Company and its predecessor since 1967. With Mr. Kilroy’s expertise and guidance, the Company entered the San Francisco and Seattle markets in 2009 and 2010, respectively, very early in the cycle. Mr. Kilroy has actively led the Company to become one of the premier landlords on the West Coast with one of the largest LEED-certified portfolios, spanning some of the country’s strongest markets, from Seattle to San Diego.

Mr. Kilroy currently serves on the Policy Advisory Board for the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Advisory Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. He also is a member of The Real Estate Roundtable.