equity residential
Equity Residential Equity Residential is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that invests in apartments . Equity Residential Type Public company Traded as NYSE : EQR S&P 500 Index component ISIN US29476L1070 Industry Apartments Founded 1969 ; 51 years ago Founder Sam Zell Headquarters Riverside Plaza Chicago, Illinois Key people Mark J. Parrell, CEO Sam Zell , Chairman Robert A. Garechana, CFO Services Property Management Revenue $2.701 billion (2019) Net income $1.009 billion (2019) Total assets $21.172 billion (2019) Total equity $10.544 billion (2019) Number of employees 2,700 (2018) Website www .equityapartments .com Footnotes / references [1] As of December 31, 2019, the company owned or had investments in 309 properties consisting of 79,962 apartment units in Southern California , San Francisco , Washington, D.C. , New York City , Boston , Seattle , and Denver . [1] It is the 2nd largest owner of apartments in the United States [2] and the 10t