John Arrillaga was an American billionaire real estate developer and philanthropist who was one of the largest landowners in Silicon Valley.
14 Facts About John Arrillaga
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John Arrillaga was a college basketball player when he attended Stanford University.
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John Arrillaga's mother was a former nurse who worked laundry to support the family, while his father worked at a produce market.
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John Arrillaga attended Morningside High School in Inglewood, and graduated in 1955.
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John Arrillaga played briefly in the NBA for the San Francisco Warriors.
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John Arrillaga established his career as a real estate developer starting in the 1960s, partnering with Richard Peery in acquiring California farmland which they converted into office space.
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Over a period of 50 years, their partnership, Peery John Arrillaga, built over 20 million square feet of commercial real estate, becoming one of Silicon Valley's biggest commercial landlords.
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In 2020 John Arrillaga ranked No 339 on the Forbes 400 list of the richest people in America.
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John Arrillaga was known for his support of his alma mater, Stanford University.
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John Arrillaga endowed 57 full scholarships, 38 of them athletic scholarships; notable recipients included Tiger Woods, Katie Ledecky, and Christian McCaffrey.
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In May 2006, John Arrillaga gave $100 million to Stanford University and followed it with a $151 million donation in 2013, the largest individual donation from a living donor in the university's history.
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In 1968, John Arrillaga married Frances Marion Cook, a teacher and librarian.
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John Arrillaga died on October 13,1995, in their Palo Alto home of lung cancer at age 54.
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John Arrillaga died in Portola Valley on January 24,2022, at the age of 84.