John C. "Jack" Portman III
Vice Chairman

As vice chairman of Portman Holdings, Jack Portman is responsible for the development activities of the company. He also serves as chief executive officer for John Portman & Associates, the architectural and engineering company affiliated with Portman Holdings.

Jack began his career in 1973 as an architect for John Portman & Associates in Atlanta. He later expanded his responsibilities from the design field to a position of corporate leadership. Initially working with the domestic arm of the Portman companies’ real estate development, he subsequently became involved in the companies’ activities in the Middle East, particularly Egypt and Saudi Arabia. He moved to Hong Kong and later to Shanghai utilizing Portman Overseas as the entity to pursue the companies’ international endeavours in the design, development and management of all East Asian overseas projects. Jack was responsible for Portman’s early entry into China in early 1980, at which time Portman was the first western development company to develop real estate in China. He later established Portman offices in India and Korea. He maintains a current focus on all of the companies’ activities worldwide.

Jack, a licensed architect, holds a B.S. degree in architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master’s degree in architecture from the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.