Thomas R. Delatour Jr.
Co-Chairman, Chief Executive Officer,
and Co-Founder
Mr. Delatour has lived in Beijing since 2007 and oversees all of Century Bridge's investment activities in China.
Prior to co-founding Century Bridge, Mr. Delatour was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RMB Realty, Inc., overseeing the real estate investments of the Robert M. Bass organization. In this role, Mr. Delatour led investments in Carr Realty Corporation, Paragon Group, Inc., Capstar Hotel Company and The Mendik Company, Inc. Mr. Delatour served on the Board of Directors of each of these companies. Carr Realty Corporation, Paragon Group, Inc. and Capstar Hotel Company each were subsequently taken public, while The Mendik Company was sold to Vornado Realty Trust.
In addition to investing in real estate operating companies at RMB Realty, Mr. Delatour oversaw the acquisition and disposition of approximately 5 million square feet of office buildings in mid-town Manhattan between 1998 and 2004, and was also active in the 1998 acquisition of numerous Japanese properties through Da Vinci I Corp. Y.K. In the early 1990s, Mr. Delatour oversaw the acquisition and disposition of 7 billion dollars in book value of real estate assets purchased from the Resolution Trust Corporation.
Before joining RMB Realty in 1988, Mr. Delatour served as Vice President of Finance, Southeast Region, for Lincoln Property Company. Prior to joining Lincoln Property Company in 1981, Mr. Delatour was an auditor at Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. (now KPMG).
Mr. Delatour is a past Chairman of the Urban Development/Mixed Use Council of The Urban Land Institute and is a past Trustee of The Urban Land Institute. He is a Co-Founder and past Chairman of the Advisory Council for the Real Estate Finance and Investment Center at The University of Texas at Austin and currently sits on its Executive Committee. In addition, Mr. Delatour is a member of the Foundation Advisory Council for the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas in Austin.
Mr. Delatour earned a BBA degree in Accounting from The University of Texas at Austin in 1976.