Peter Rex (entrepreneur)
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Business career
Rex is the founder & CEO of Rex which consists of technology, investment and real estate companies.
Rex is a co-founder of InvestRes (formerly Avesta[1]) which formed in Tampa, Florida in 2010. InvestRes consists of a group of residential real estate, investment and property management companies. InvestRes owns 17,000 residential units with $1.5b assets under management, employing 400 people within Texas, Colorado, Arizona and Florida.[2][3]
In 2015, Rex embarked on an 18 month expedition to conduct a business investigation and feasibility study in order to greater understand how to apply his business strategy on the grandest scale possible while mitigating risk. He held over 1,000 meeting with business, non-profit and government leaders in 85 countries, contriving a global strategy, based upon the knowledge and experiences gained from personally seeing the localised issues, opportunities, and cultural nuances on a microeconomic level.[4][5][6]
Rex founded the technology company MakeRise (formerly TrustWork) in 2017, a mobile app connecting service industry professionals to customers. Users can advertise services they offer and customers can advertise services they require. Users can offer a variety of services depending on their skillset, enabling them to build a professional profile and reputation based on their customers' reviews. The company now has over 400 employees with offices in Seattle, San Francisco, Tampa Bay, Austin and Dallas.[6][7][4]
In 2021, Peter Rex launched ATX Acquisitions, a firm specializing in investments across multifamily, office, and hospitality properties within the commercial real estate sector. Additionally, he co-founded OwnProp, a platform that allows investors to acquire fractional, tokenized real estate assets supported by blockchain technology.
In 2022, Rex joined the advisory council for Viewpoint Diversity Score, an initiative aimed at fostering respect for diverse viewpoints within the corporate world.
Philanthropy
Cristo Rey Tampa High School
In 2016, Rex and his company Avesta became founding partners and supporters of Cristo Rey Tampa High School[8], which is part of the Cristo Rey network of schools, which now supports over 175 low income students[5] with a college preparatory education and corporate work study experience maximising their chances of success in college and life.[9][10]
Media & Publications
Rex has been featured on Fox News[11], Fox Business[12], Cheddar[13] and authored an op-ed article in The Wall Street Journal[14] for his opinion on big technology business leadership in Silicon Valley and why he is relocating his businesses and employees to Texas.
Education
In 2007, Rex attended Harvard Law School, graduating with a JD in Law in 2010. In 2005, Rex graduated from Georgetown University with a BA in Philosophy and Government. Rex is also a CPA[5].
Personal life
Rex is married with 3 children and lives in Austin, Texas[5]. Rex resides in Austin, Texas, with his wife and five children.
References
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- ↑ "Small Developers Rely on Core Values for Growth A DNA of trust, friendship, and passion drives these entrepreneurial firms.". Multi Family Executive - Authors Les Shaver and John McManus. 5 Jul 2017. https://www.multifamilyexecutive.com/design-development/small-developers-rely-on-core-values-for-growth_o.
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Playing the Long Game - Author Zoe Branch". 435 Business. 17 September 2019. https://425business.com/playing-the-long-game/.
- ↑ "Author Quinten Dol - Bootstrapper’s Trail: How these 4 Seattle startups forged their own path to profitability". Built In Seattle. 25 April 2019. https://www.builtinseattle.com/2019/04/25/seattle-tech-bootstrapped-companies.
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- ↑ "ResProp a InvestRes/Trustwork owned company received REME Award for Corporate Social Responsibility re: Cristo Rey Tampa High School". Institute of Real Estate Management. 9 October 2018. https://www.irem.org/about-irem/media/irem-recognizes-industry-excellence-with-2018-reme-awards-winners.
- ↑ "Trustwork Awarded for Corporate Social Responsibility". PRWeb. 1 November 2018. https://www.prweb.com/releases/trustwork_awarded_for_corporate_social_responsibility/prweb15885626.htm.
- ↑ "We need leadership from Big Tech that 'believes in the working class': Billionaire CEO". Fox News. 19 November 2020. https://video.foxnews.com/v/6210909185001#sp=show-clips.
- ↑ "Big tech has big problems. This is the only way to fix it: Tech entrepreneur Peter Rex". Fox Business. 18 November 2020. https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/big-tech-problems-fix-peter-rex.
- ↑ "Rex Teams CEO Joins Cheddar To Explain Why He Moved His Company From The West Coast to Texas". Cheddar. 2 July 2020. https://cheddar.com/media/rex-teams-ceo-joins-cheddar-to-explain-why-he-moved-his-company-from-the-west-coast-to-texas.
- ↑ "I’m Leaving Seattle for Texas So My Employees Can Be Free". The Wall Street Journal. 26 June 2020. https://www.wsj.com/articles/im-leaving-seattle-for-texas-so-my-employees-can-be-free-11593211124.