Successful Irish Americans in Business & the Professions

Thomas E. McCarthy Real Estate Investment and Development Los Angeles

Prior to founding McCarthy Cook & Co., Mr. McCarthy was a senior executive with Maguire Thomas Partners (now Maguire Properties), a major Los Angeles based commercial real estate company, where he was responsible for the debt and equity financing of the firm's 12 million square foot portfolio.

Mr. McCarthy is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and serves on the Executive Committee of Junior Achievement of Southern California. Through Junior Achievement, Mr. McCarthy teaches economics and entrepreneurship classes principally in inner city public schools.

Mr. McCarthy holds an MBA in Finance from the UCLA Anderson School of Management where he serves on the Advisory Board of the Center for Finance and Investments. He is a member of the Board of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkley. Mr. McCarthy is a member of the Pension Real Estate Association and the Urban Land Institute. He graduated with Honors from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He is a native of Evanston, Illinois.