Hessam Nadji
Mr. Nadji has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director
of the Company since March 31, 2016. Prior to his appointment as President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mr. Nadji served as senior executive
vice president from May 2015. Mr. Nadji joined the Company as vice president
of research in 1996, became senior vice president in 1997, was appointed managing
director in 2000, and became chief strategy officer and senior vice president
responsible for the Company’s specialty brokerage divisions as well as
research, advisory services and marketing in 2013. Mr. Nadji has extensive knowledge
of the Company and over 30 years of experience working in the real estate industry.
Mr. Nadji received a B.S. in information management and computer science from
City University in Seattle.
Mitchell R. LaBar
Mr. LaBar has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
since March 2016. Before assuming this position, Mr. LaBar was employed with
the Company from 1984 to 2008. He joined the Company in 1984 as an investment
sales professional, was promoted to regional manager, then division manager
and, then, served as a managing director in the Company until 2008. Mr. LaBar
was instrumental in helping grow certain of the Company’s markets, including
offices in Southern California and subsequently Manhattan and other offices
in the Northeast. In 2008, Mr. LaBar left the Company to pursue private real
estate investing for his family trust. From March 2015 to March 2016, Mr. LaBar
served as a consultant to the Company. He received a B.S. in Economics from
Brigham Young University.
Martin E. Louie
Mr. Louie has served as Chief Financial Officer since 2010. Prior to becoming
Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Louie was First Vice President of Finance beginning
in 2009, and Vice President of Finance from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Louie has served
as a senior financial executive with worldwide responsibilities for various
companies, including Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Walt Disney Co., Infineon
Technologies and West Marine. In those roles, he was responsible for accounting,
strategic planning, financial planning and analysis, treasury and investor relations.
Prior to that, Mr. Louie, who is a CPA, was with KPMG. Mr. Louie received a
B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles and an MBA
in Finance from the University of Southern California.
William E. Hughes, Jr.
Mr. Hughes has served as Senior Vice President of our subsidiary MMCC since
2000. He became a Managing Director of Marcus & Millichap in 2008. Mr. Hughes
is responsible for managing MMCC’s operations on a national basis. He
joined Marcus & Millichap in 1996 and has a diversified background in real
estate finance, financial consulting and modeling, project feasibility, leasing,
construction management and real estate development. Prior to joining the Company,
Mr. Hughes held various senior executive roles with several financial and real
estate investment firms. He received a B.S. in Business Administration from
the University of Southern California. In January 2018, we announced that Mr.
Hughes is transitioning into retirement.
Marcus and Millichap Inc currently has 854 employees.