Mary L. Ricks
President and CEO of Kennedy Wilson Europe- Years with Firm:
- 22
- Years in Real Estate:
- 25
Mary Ricks is executive vice chair of Kennedy Wilson and CEO of KW Commercial Investment Group. She joined the Company in 1990. Ms. Ricks is responsible for Kennedy Wilson's acquisitions and dispositions of commercial assets as well as oversight of the company's activities in Japan.
Prior to joining Kennedy Wilson, Ms. Ricks was a commercial broker at the Hanes Company. She has been named by the L.A. Business Journal as one of the top women in commercial real estate and was featured on the covers of Forum Magazine and Real Estate California recognizing women at the top of the field. She received a B.A. in Sociology from UCLA, where she was an All-American athlete. Ms. Ricks is a founding board member of the Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate at UCLA.