Christopher Galvin

Christopher Galvin

Christopher B. Galvin (born March 21, 1950) is the grandson of Paul Galvin (founder of Motorola) and the son of Robert Galvin (Chief of Motorola, 1959–1990), and is chairman, CEO and co-founder of Harrison Street Capital LLC.

In addition, Galvin is also co-founder and Chairman of Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of UniqueSoft Inc. a real-time software authoring services company, and Chairman of Cleversafe Inc., a digital storage company.

Mr. Galvin is member of the board of MCR Inc., a Harrison Street Capital LLC financed roll-up in US Department of Defense services; a member the Executive Committee of Northwestern University's Board of Trustees; the American Enterprise Institute Board, the Legion D’honneur, Tsinghua University School of Management and Economics (Beijing); Business Council (U.S.), the American Society of Corporate Executives; the Board of the Chicago Council of Global Affairs and Chair of the Rhodes Scholars selection committee for Illinois-Michigan.

Mr. Galvin’s former relationships include: Chairman of Navteq, the leading supplier of global digital mapping databases; Chairman and CEO of Motorola Inc.; member of the Bechtel Corporation's Board of Counselors; chairman of the U.S.-China Business Council; director of the Rand Corporation; member of the U.S. Department of Defense Board; member of the U.S. Department of Defense Science Board; advisor to the City of Tianjin, China; advisor to the CEO of Hong Kong; and advisor to the Searle Family Trusts.

Mr. Galvin co-founded The Galvin Projects in 2004, a virtual global think tank that published three books (2008–09); Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, LLC in 2005, a private equity company that today hosts $2.4B in assets under management in medical office buildings, storage, student housing, and senior housing represented in 192 properties across 31 states in U.S.; and Gore Creek Asset Management LLC in 2005, a large capital investment company utilizing 90-100 global investment managers diversified across most major asset classes.

Christopher Galvin received his BS in Political Science from Northwestern University and his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

In 2010 Mr. Galvin was featured in the Andrea Redmond book “Comebacks: Powerful Lessons from Leaders Who Endured Setbacks and Recaptured Success on Their Terms” which details his unplanned departure from Motorola, and how he responded.