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Dan Gilbert

Founder & Chairman of Quicken Loans and Rock Ventures; Owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers; Founder of Gilbert Family Foundation

Founder & Chairman of Quicken Loans and Rock Ventures; Owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers; Founder of Gilbert Family Foundation

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Detroit, MI, USA
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Dan Gilbert Biography

Dan Gilbert is Founder and Chairman of Quicken Loans, the nation’s largest mortgage lender. He is also Founder and Chairman of the Rock Family of Companies, a portfolio of technology businesses and real estate investments, and Chairman of the Cleveland Cavaliers. In 2016, the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA championship. The Rock Family of Companies and its more than 100 affiliated companies across the country employ more than 30,000 team members, including more than 17,000 in Detroit’s urban core.

In 2020, Detroit-based Quicken Loans closed $320 billion dollars in home loan volume across all 50 states and, for the 11th consecutive year, earned J.D. Power’s highest rating for client satisfaction among all U.S. mortgage lenders.

Gilbert is also an active investor in fintech, sports-related and consumer direct companies. Gilbert is a Founder and Principal of Detroit Venture Partners (DVP), a venture capital firm that funds startup and early-stage technology companies and a Founding Partner of Detroit-based private equity group Rockbridge Growth Equity.

In February 2016, Gilbert co-founded Detroit-based StockX, the world’s first ‘stock market of things’, combining the visible, liquid, anonymous, and transparent benefits of a stock market with the online consumer secondary market.

Gilbert began moving his Family of Companies to Detroit’s central business district in 2010 in an effort to help lead the transformation of a great American city. In 2011, Gilbert co-founded Detroit-based Bedrock, a full-service real estate firm specializing in acquiring, leasing, financing, and managing commercial and residential space. Since its founding, Bedrock and its affiliates have invested and committed more than $5.6 billion to acquiring and developing more than 100 properties, including new construction of ground up developments in downtown Detroit and Cleveland, totaling more than 18 million square feet.

In September 2013, Gilbert was named co-chair of the Blight Removal Task Force. The group, appointed by the Obama Administration, published a detailed plan in May 2014 to remove all blighted structures and lots in the city of Detroit.

Gilbert serves on the boards of the Cleveland Clinic and the Children’s Tumor Foundation. In 2015, Gilbert and Jennifer Gilbert established the Gilbert Family Foundation and in 2017, formed ‘NF Forward’ to fund cutting-edge research dedicated to finding a cure for neurofibromatosis (NF).

Gilbert earned his bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and his law degree from Wayne State University.

Dan Gilbert Videos

  • Dan Gilbert: Creating Cultures of Success
    In this episode of Talks at GS, Quicken Loans founder and Cleveland Cavaliers chairman Dan Gilbert discusses the importance of creating a unified...
  • The World We Build- Dan Gilbert & Parag Khanna Zeitgeist Americas 2012
    Clip: The World We Build-- Dan Gilbert, Chairman, Rock Ventures; Parag Khanna, Founder, Hybrid Reality Institute. Revitalizing our communities takes...
  • Quicken Billionaire Dan Gilbert On Giving Back To Detroit
    Forbes 400 Summit interview with Dan Gilbert

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Dan Gilbert is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Dan Gilbert for your event is available upon request. Dan Gilbert generally travels from Detroit, MI, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Joshua J. Harris, Webb Simpson, Doc Redman and Pat Perez. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Dan Gilbert for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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