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C. Jordan Clark
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C. Jordan Clark
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C. Jordan Clark was born in North Carolina and was educated at Davidson College (1977) before going on to receive a Masters degree in Art History at the University of Virginia (1980). Following a four year stint as curator of the 3M Corporate Art Collection in Minnesota, Jordan returned to school and earned his MBA at the University of North Carolina (1986) and subsequently joined Trammell Crow Residential in Atlanta where he began a career in real estate development.
He became a partner with TCR in 1987 and, in 1994, Jordan and his partners from Georgia, Texas, and Tennessee purchased the company holdings from the Trammel Crow family and, following a successful initial public offering, formed the NYSE-traded entity Gables Residential Trust.
At Gables, Jordan served as Chief Investment Officer in charge of all development, acquisition, disposition, construction, and brokerage activities of the firm. During his tenure, the company grew four-fold, won numerous awards, expanded its territory, and, upon the sale of the company in 2003, had provided its shareholders an annualized total return of 15%. Jordan was one of two Gables officers to serve on the Board of Directors of the company.
Since his departure from Gables in 2002, Jordan has formed Jordan Clark Ventures, a private firm which invests in and operates rental communities in Atlanta, Ga. In addition, since 2003, Jordan has been a part-time teacher at the Lovett School in Atlanta—a private college preparatory school—where he delights in teaching AP Art History to high school juniors and seniors. He has been a member of the advisory and parent councils at Furman and is active in Atlanta church and community affairs.
He is married to Patti Clark (Davidson 1977, UNC MBA 1979) and has three daughters including two Furman students… Graham Clark Mudd ’08 and Suzanne Clark ’11.
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