John Goff

John C. Goff is a private investor based in Fort Worth, Texas. Mr. Goff co-founded Crescent Real Estate Equities with Richard Rainwater in the early 90s, designing the strategy and orchestrating the acquisitions leading to its initial public offering in May 1994. Under the helm of Mr. Goff as Vice Chairman and CEO, Crescent grew from approximately $500 million at its IPO to $6.5 billion upon its sale in August 2007 to Morgan Stanley. Crescent provided its shareholders a 15.4% compounded annual return during its 13 year tenure as a public company including the payment of more than $2.5 billion in quarterly cash dividends. In November 2009, Mr. Goff, through his private investment firm Goff Capital, teamed up with Barclays Capital in a joint venture to reacquire Crescent Real Estate. Mr. Goff now serves as Chairman and CEO of Crescent Real Estate Holdings.