R. Donahue Peebles

Who is R. Donahue Peebles?

Roy Donahue “Don” Peebles is a real-estate entrepreneur, author and political activist. Peebles is the chairman and chief executive officer of the Peebles Corp., the largest African-American real-estate development and ownership company in the US, with a multi-billion-dollar development portfolio of luxury hotels, high-rise residential and commercial properties in Washington, D.C., Las Vegas and Miami Beach. Peebles' company has previously owned property near San Francisco in California.

Peebles and his firm have been featured by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Black Enterprise, Ebony, The Miami Herald, CNBC, ABC and he appears regularly as a guest host or commentator on CNBC, CNN and Fox to advise on real estate, economic and political issues. In May 2009, Forbes listed Peebles in the top ten of the wealthiest black Americans. Fortune magazine has estimated his wealth at $350 million.