Christian Ulbrich | |
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Born | 1966 (age 57–58)[1] Hamburg, Germany |
Education | Master's degree University of Hamburg[2] |
Occupation(s) | President and chief executive officer of JLL |
Board member of | Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated Vonovia[3] |
Christian Ulbrich is a German executive who is the president and chief executive officer of real estate services company JLL.
After graduating from the University of Hamburg, Ulbrich initially worked in finance roles at MeesPierson and Rabobank Nederland.[4] In 1996, he was named the CEO of Bank Companie Nord ,[4] following which he was hired by Warburg Bank to lead its real estate group HIH.[1][4]
He was hired by real estate services company JLL to manage its German operations in 2005.[1][5] In 2016, JLL named him as its global president and[6] the company's global CEO.[7] According to the German business publication Immobilien Zeitung, he was the first German in global leadership of one of the major real estate companies.[7]
Ulbrich is part of the World Economic Forum's International Business Council and its Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders.[8]
But instead of taking over the family timber merchant, he gained an internship at a local bank, which led him to a career in finance: economics at Hamburg University, Allianz Insurance in London and spells in international commodity markets for Rabobank Nederland and MeesPierson.