As the Summer of 2023 comes to a close, the ACREL Files continues with Past President, Jay Epstien’s, interview of Owen Thomas, the Chairman and CEO of Boston Properties. Owen is a recognized leader in the real estate industry with more than 30 years of executive leadership, strategic planning, management and international experience, as well as substantial experience in financial and capital markets. In addition to leading Boston Properties, the largest publicly traded developer, owner, and manager of premier workplaces in the United States, for 10 years, Owen currently is a Director of Lehman Brothers Holdings and served as its first Chairman from 2012 until 2013. Prior to Lehman, Mr. Thomas was with Morgan Stanley for 24 years serving in a number of different roles, including Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd. Mr. Thomas also is a Director and former Global Chairman of the Urban Land Institute, a Director of the Real Estate Roundtable and a member of the Executive Board of NAREIT. He attended and is Chair of the Board of Trustees at Woodberry Forest School, received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Harvard Business School.