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REAL ESTATE: WIL SMITH III

FOUNDER, GREENLAW PARTNERS

WHY: Runs Irvine-based real estate investor, among OC’s top commercial property investors.

IN THE NEWS: Eyeing industrial redevelopment of Santa Ana’s Park 55 office complex. Paid $57.5M for Irvine’s 2050 Main office tower in October.

NOTEABLE: Donated $10M to USC in 2020, establishing the Department of Real Estate Development at the university’s public policy school, which is named after him. Half of the money went to scholarships, while the remainder went to faculty support.

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