John Arrillaga
John Arrillaga is an American real estate developer and philanthropist. He is one of the largest landowners in Silicon Valley.
- John Arrillaga built a fortune in Silicon Valley real estate.
- Arrillaga partnered with Richard “Dick” Peery, buying farmland in Silicon Valley in the 1960s and turning it into office parks.
- Their Peery-Arrillaga firm sold about half its commercial real estate portfolio in 2006 for $1.1 billion.
- Current tenants include Google and Intuit.
- He has donated heavily to his alma mater, Stanford, with a $100 million gift in 2006 and a $151 million pledge in 2013.
