The estimated Net Worth of James A Star is at least $138 Million dollars as of 14 December 2023. Mr. Star owns over 12,242 units of Equity Commonwealth stock worth over $2,871,248 and over the last 10 years he sold EQC stock worth over $135,334,437. In addition, he makes $174,989 as Independent Trustee at Equity Commonwealth.
James has made over 21 trades of the Equity Commonwealth stock since 2017, according to the Form 4 filled with the SEC. Most recently he bought 12,242 units of EQC stock worth $249,492 on 14 December 2023.
The largest trade he's ever made was selling 640,835 units of Equity Commonwealth stock on 3 January 2018 worth over $28,446,666. On average, James trades about 59,595 units every 40 days since 2014. As of 14 December 2023 he still owns at least 141,790 units of Equity Commonwealth stock.
You can see the complete history of Mr. Star stock trades at the bottom of the page.
James A. Star J.D. serves as Independent Trustee of the Company. Mr. Star is Executive Chairman (previously having served, since 2003, as President and Chief Executive Officer) of Longview Asset Management (“Longview”), a multi-strategy investment firm which assesses, implements and oversees a wide variety of publicly traded and private equity investments across multiple industries and countries, for which he had been a portfolio manager since 1998. He has also served since 1994 as a Vice President of Henry Crown and Company, a private family investment firm affiliated with Longview. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Star was President and Chief Investment Officer of Star Partners, Inc., a private securities partnership focused on common equities. Mr. Star began his investment career in 1991 as a securities analyst at Harris Associates, a Chicago investment firm. Prior thereto, he practiced corporate and securities law in Illinois, where he was a member of the bar from 1987 to 2011. Mr. Star has been a member of the investment committees for the retirement plans of Henry Crown and Company since 1995, Great Dane Limited Partnership since 1997 and, since 2014, Gillig LLC, Provisur Technologies, Inc. and Trail King Industries, Inc. He has also served as a manager of Longview Trust Company since 2006. Mr. Star is a Director of Teaching Strategies, a software company focused on the education market and, since May 2019, has served on the Board of Directors of Chewy, Inc. (NYSE: CHWY), a leading online retailer of pet food and products. Mr. Star also served on the Boards of Directors of the parent company of PetSmart, a leading retailer of pet supplies and services, from 2014 to 2019, and, from May 2016 to May 2018, Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ALSN). He is also the non-executive chairman of Atreides Management, a technology-focused investment firm, a director of a private company focused on ESG-rated securities, and serves on advisory boards related to Paragon Biosciences (a drug discovery company), Valor Equity
As the Independent Trustee of Equity Commonwealth, the total compensation of James Star at Equity Commonwealth is $174,989. There are 10 executives at Equity Commonwealth getting paid more, with David Helfand having the highest compensation of $6,027,950.
James Star is 59, he's been the Independent Trustee of Equity Commonwealth since 2014. There are 8 older and 10 younger executives at Equity Commonwealth. The oldest executive at Equity Commonwealth is Martin Edelman, 79, who is the Independent Trustee.
James's mailing address filed with the SEC is 7700 WEST SUNRISE BOULEVARD, , PLANTATION, FL, 33322.
Over the last 10 years, insiders at Equity Commonwealth have traded over $3,129,892 worth of Equity Commonwealth stock and bought 104,500 units worth $3,006,445 . The most active insiders traders include Samuel Zell, James A Star, and Gerald A Spector. On average, Equity Commonwealth executives and independent directors trade stock every 89 days with the average trade being worth of $561,168. The most recent stock trade was executed by Andrew Levy on 6 March 2024, trading 2,409 units of EQC stock currently worth $45,072.
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