Colony Capital Company Description
Colony Capital, one of the largest private equity real estate investors in the world, owns office, hospitality, gaming, residential, and retail properties. Its holdings include stakes in France-based retailer Carrefour and hotel operator Accor, as well as Canada-based luxury hotel chain Fairmont Raffles. In 2007 the company backed a nearly $5 billion buyout of Station Casinos by that company's founders and management. Colony Capital is controlled by chairman and CEO Tom Barrack, a renowned dealmaker who originally formed the firm in 1991 to invest in debt from the savings and loan crisis. The company has invested approximately $40 billion in real estate-related assets since its founding.
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The Company Description provides a historical perspective of Colony Capital's organization from inception to current status.
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