Tony Malkin

Chairman and CEO

Anthony E. Malkin is chairman and chief executive officer of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. He joined its predecessor entities as president in 1989 and was named chairman and CEO in 2013. Mr. Malkin has been a leader in existing building energy efficiency retrofits since he oversaw the groundbreaking project at the Empire State Building, in partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative, Johnson Controls, JLL, and Rocky Mountain Institute. He led the development of standards for energy efficient office tenant installations which is now known as the .

Mr. Malkin is a board member of APi Group Corporation, the Real Estate Roundtable and Chair of its Sustainability Policy Advisory Committee, a member of the Climate Mobilization Advisory Board of the New York City Department of Buildings, and the Board of Governors of the Real Estate Board of New York. Mr. Malkin is a member of the Urban Land Institute and the Partnership for New York City’s Innovation Council.

In 2024, Mr. Malkin received BOMA’s Henry J. Muller Achievement Award that recognizes individuals, institutions, and companies who have substantially improved or had a major impact upon the New York skyline. Mr. Malkin is a fixture on Commercial Observer’s annual Power 100 list, and a thought leader with features on CNBC, TIME, the Washington Post, and the New York Post, among others.

Mr. Malkin received a bachelor’s degree cum laude from Harvard College.