CHAIRMAN, SAUNDERS PROPERTY CO.
WHY: Real estate investor with a portfolio spanning north of 4M square feet, including offices, mobile home parks and other properties.
NOTABLE: Runs coin dealer London Coin Galleries; early investor in Irvine startup Nfluence, which is developing a platform that helps video game streamers and influencers monetize their livestreams. UC Santa Cruz graduate.
RECENT: New tenant in South Orange County: Amazon. E-commerce giant to lease a 322,000-square-foot property he owns in Mission Viejo, its first large distribution facility in South OC. Got entitlements for major mixed-use project on land he owns next to John Wayne Airport.
2020 HOBBY: “I directed the English translation of the 4 volumes of Van Loon. It is the leading work on Dutch medallions that was published in the 1730's but is still in use.”
