John Arrillaga

About John Arrillaga

Birth Year: 1936
Birth Place: Portola Valley, California, United States
Residence: Portola Valley, California
Education: Stanford University
Children: John Arrillaga, Jr., Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen(Daughter), Marc Andreessen (son-in-law)
Website: http://www.peery-arrillaga.com/

John Arrillaga

John Arrillaga was born on 1936 in Portola Valley, California, United States. John Arrillaga built a fortune in Silicon Valley real estate. Arrillaga partnered with Richard "Dick" Peery, buying farmland in Silicon Valley in the 1960s and turning it into office parks. Their Peery-Arrillaga firm sold about half its commercial real estate portfolio in 2006 for $1.1 billion. Current tenants include Google and Intuit. In 2013 Stanford announced that Arrillaga was giving the university $151 million, its largest gift from a living donor.
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1955

John Arrillaga is one of five children born into a lower-middle-class home with his mother, Freida, and Father, Gabriel, who traced his roots to the Basque region. He attended Morningside High School in Inglewood, California and graduated in 1955. He attended Stanford University on a basketball scholarship, and was a first-team All-AAWU selection in 1960. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in geography (no longer offered) in 1960, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta.

1960

In the 1960s, Arrillaga and Business partner Richard Peery bought California farmland and converted it into office space. They became two of Silicon Valley's biggest commercial landlords with more than 12,000,000 square feet (1,100,000 m).

2006

He is well known for his generous support of Stanford University. The alumni center, the Frances C. Arrillaga Building, is named in memory of his first wife, and various other athletic facilities carry his surname. In May 2006, Arrillaga gave $100 million to Stanford.

2013

In June 2013, he again donated to Stanford, writing a check for $151 million, making it the largest individual donation in the school's history.

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