Scott Rechler is the chief executive officer and chairman of RXR, a private equity real estate investor, operator, and developer headquartered in New York City.
Before starting RXR, Rechler served as the chair and CEO of Reckson Associates, which he helped take public in 1995. Rechler also served on the board of American Campus Communities, the largest student housing company in the United States, from 2004 to 2008. Rechler served as the chair of the Regional Plan Association, a nonprofit focused on the quality of life and economic competitiveness of the tri-state area, from 2017 to 2023. He served on the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority from 2017 to 2019 and as vice chairman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 2011 to 2016.
Rechler currently serves as trustee and vice chair of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum and chair of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. He is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York, the Real Estate Roundtable, and the NYU Real Estate Institute Advisory Committee. In addition, he is a board member for Northwell Health, the Hospital for Special Surgery, and New York University.
Rechler is a graduate of Clark University and the Schack Institute of Real Estate at New York University.
