birth_place ethnicity parents birth_date known_for spouse article_title education name occupation
new york city jewish harriet sternlicht maurycy sternlicht 27 november 1960 -- starwood hotels and resorts worldwide -- founder of w hotels founder of starwood capital group -- founder of mimi reichert sternlicht barry sternlicht
 b.a. brown university m.b.a. harvard business school barry sternlicht real estate developer
barry sternlicht

barry stuart sternlicht -lrb- born november 27 , 1960 -rrb- is the founder , chairman and ceo of starwood capital group , the private investment firm focused on global real estate , energy , infrastructure and securities trading .
he is also chairman of starwood property trust , now the largest commercial mortgage reit in the united states traded on the nyse and chairman of sway .
he previously formed starwood hotels and resorts worldwide and served as its ceo from 1995 to 2005 .
