Richard L. Friedman

Richard L. Friedman is a real estate developer involved in multiple business, civic, and charitable endeavors. Friedman is the President and CEO of Carpenter & Company, Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, a private firm involved in real estate and private investments. Carpenter specializes in hotel development.

In 2000, President Bill Clinton appointed Friedman as Chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission. In 2010, Friedman was appointed by President Barack Obama to the President’s Export Council. From May 2013 until January 1, 2020, Friedman was a Director of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. In June 2014, the Boston Globe reported that Friedman was developing a $700 Million, 61 story Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences One Dalton Street in Boston's Back Bay. The building is the tallest building to be built in New England in the last 40 years. Provided by Wikipedia