JOEL S. MARCUS - Corporate Board Profile

ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC.

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2019-04-09	Joel S. Marcus is the full-time Executive Chairman and a Founder of the Company. Prior to April 2018, Mr. Marcus served as the Company’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"), and President. Mr. Marcus co-founded the Company in 1994 as a garage startup with $19 million in Series A capital stock and led its growth into an S&P 500 company with a total market capitalization of approximately $18.4 billion as of December 31, 2018, and significant market presence in key locations, including Greater Boston, San Francisco, New York City, San Diego, Seattle, Maryland, and Research Triangle. The Company, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in January 2019, is the only publicly traded pure-play office/laboratory REIT. In 1996, Mr. Marcus founded the company’s strategic venture capital arm, Alexandria Venture Investments, to provide strategic venture capital to innovative life science and technology entities developing breakthrough therapies and technologies. Mr. Marcus introduced the Company’s renowned, highly unique, and interactive thought leadership platform in 2011, when he co-founded the renowned Alexandria Summit®. The Alexandria Summit® convenes a diverse group of visionary partners and key stakeholders — from the biopharma, technology, agribusiness, medical, academic, venture and private equity capital, philanthropy, patient advocacy, and government communities — to address the most critical challenges in global healthcare. Under Mr. Marcus’s direction, Alexandria has been deeply committed to improving the health and vitality of the communities where we live and work, and beyond since the Company was founded. With a focus on sustainability and philanthropy, Alexandria’s corporate responsibility program, which was formalized by Mr. Marcus in 2007, affirms the company’s commitment to making a positive impact on the world. Prior to co-founding Alexandria, Mr. Marcus had an extensive legal career specializing in corporate finance and capital markets, venture capital, and mergers and acquisitions. During that time, he acquired an expertise in the biopharmaceutical industry and was one of the principal architects of the Kirin-Amgen European Patent Office joint venture in 1984. He was also a practicing certified public accountant and tax manager with Arthur Young & Co., where he focused on the financing and taxation of REITs. Mr. Marcus serves on the boards of directors of FNIH; Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITCI); MeiraGTX Holdings plc (NASDAQ: MGTX), a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing potentially curative treatments; the Navy SEAL Foundation; and Robin Hood (New York City’s largest poverty-fighting organization). Additionally, he is a member of the MIT Corporation Visiting Committee for the Department of Biology. He also served as a director of Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATRA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, from 2014 to March 2019; Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. (NYSE: REXR) from 2013 to January 2015; Nareit’s Advisory Board of Governors in 2016; and Nareit’s Executive Board in 2017 and 2018. Mr. Marcus was named one of Real Estate Forum’s 2017 Best Bosses in commercial real estate and was previously a recipient of the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award (Los Angeles – Real Estate). He received his undergraduate and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles.
2020-04-06	Joel S. Marcus is the full-time Executive Chairman and Founder of the Company. Prior to April 2018, Mr. Marcus served as the Company’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President. Mr. Marcus co-founded the Company in 1994 as a garage startup with $19 million in Series A capital and led its growth into an S&P 500 company with a total market capitalization of approximately $26.3 billion as of December 31, 2019, and significant market presence in key locations, including Greater Boston, San Francisco, New York City, San Diego, Seattle, Maryland, and Research Triangle. ... Mr. Marcus’s qualifications to serve on the Board of Directors include his nearly 50 years of experience in the real estate and life science industries, including his 23 years of operating experience as the Company’s CEO and later as the Company’s Executive Chairman, 26 years of experience as a director of the Company, and three years of experience prior to the Company’s initial public offering as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. He was also Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors from the Company’s inception until his election as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
2021-04-16	Joel S. Marcus, J.D., CPA, is the full-time Executive Chairman and Founder of Alexandria, a REIT that pioneered life science real estate from a specialty niche to a core asset class and today is the preeminent and longest-tenured owner, operator, and developer uniquely focused on collaborative life science, agtech, and technology campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations. Prior to April 2018, Mr. Marcus served as the Company27s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President. Since co-founding the Company in 1994 as a garage startup with $19 million in Series A capital, he led Alexandria to its inclusion as an S&P 500ae company, which has a total enterprise value of $33 billion, ranking it among the top 10 of all equity REITs by enterprise value, as well as a total equity capitalization of $24.4 billion and a total shareholder return exceeding 1,900% as of December31, 2020. During Mr. Marcus27s 27 years leading Alexandria, he has built a best-in-class company with a unique mission and multifaceted business model that continue to distinguish Alexandria from all other REITs and positions it at the vanguard and heart of the life science and agtech ecosystems. Alexandria27s mission is to create and grow clusters that ignite and accelerate the world27s leading innovators in their noble pursuit to advance human health by curing disease and improving nutrition. Guided by this important mission, Mr. Marcus established four strategic verticals encompassing real estate, venture investments, thought leadership, and corporate responsibility that together catalyze life-changing innovation and drive positive change for the benefit of society.
2022-04-18	Joel S. Marcus, J.D., CPA, is the full-time Executive Chairman and Founder of Alexandria... Mr. Marcus has accelerated Alexandria’s extraordinary growth through the tremendous execution of its visionary cluster campus strategy... Mr. Marcus was named one of Real Estate Forum’s 2017 Best Bosses in commercial real estate... Mr. Marcus’s qualifications to serve on the Board include his nearly 50 years of experience in the real estate, life science, and agtech industries... Mr. Marcus has accumulated nearly 28 years of experience serving as a director of the Company.
2023-04-14	Joel S. Marcus, JD, CPA, is the full-time Executive Chairman and Founder of Alexandria, a REIT that pioneered life science real estate from a specialty niche to a mainstream asset class and today is the preeminent and longest-tenured owner, operator, and developer uniquely focused on collaborative life science, agtech, and technology campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations. Prior to April 2018, Mr. Marcus served as the Company’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President. Since co-founding the Company in 1994 as a garage startup with $19 million in Series A capital, he has led the remarkable growth of Alexandria into an S&P 500 company that as of December 31, 2022 has a total equity capitalization of $24.9 billion, which ranks in the top 10% among all publicly traded U.S. REITs. Alexandria, which celebrated its 25th anniversary as an NYSE listed company in May 2022, has a total stockholder return exceeding 1,670% as of December 31, 2022. During Mr. Marcus’s 29 years leading Alexandria, he has built a best-in-class company with a unique mission and a multifaceted business platform that continue to distinguish Alexandria from all other REITs. Guided by Alexandria’s important mission to advance human health, Mr. Marcus established four strategic verticals encompassing real estate, venture investments, thought leadership, and corporate responsibility that together catalyze life-changing innovation and drive positive change for the benefit of human health and society.
2024-04-03	Joel S. Marcus, JD, CPA, is the full-time Executive Chairman and Founder of Alexandria... Mr. Marcus, the Company’s Executive Chairman, was an employee of the Company in 2023 and thus received no compensation for his services as director. The compensation received by Mr. Marcus as an NEO of the Company is shown in the “Summary Compensation Table” on page 98.
2025-04-02	Joel S. Marcus, 77, Executive Chairman and Founder of the Company. Not independent (Employed by the Company). No committees. No compensation as director (employee).