Steve Ellman

Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer

Steven Ellman has been Chairman and CEO of The Ellman Companies since the company’s formation in 1972. The group today consists of more than 88 privately held companies with operations in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.

Ellman's commercial real estate business spans more than 12 million square feet of retail, entertainment centers, office buildings and master planned land developments. Ellman has been designated by the Phoenix Business Journal as the number one commercial real estate developer in Phoenix, Arizona four times since 1998 and has been one of the largest owners of real estate in Metropolitan Phoenix over the past few years with maximum holdings in excess of 10,000 acres.

Ellman is Chairman and CEO of EL Media (formerly known as Clear Channel Branded Cities), a spectacular media, activation and branding company with operations across the United States. Ellman also serves as Vice-Chairman and a Founding Partner of Clear Channel Outdoor Canada. The company’s outdoor advertising business services airports, transit, freeway and spectacular signage across Canada.

From 2002-2006, Ellman served as Chairman, Governor, and Managing Partner of the Phoenix Coyotes National Hockey League franchise, an organization he acquired along with NHL Hall of Famer, Wayne Gretzky. From 2003-2006, Ellman served as Governor and CEO of the Arizona Sting, a National Lacrosse League Team.

In 2003, Ellman’s companies completed construction on the Glendale Arena, in Glendale, Arizona (now named Jobing.com Arena), a state-of-the-art 17,799 seat multi-purpose venue that anchors Ellman’s flagship Westgate City Center. In 2004, the Arena was designated as “The Best New Music Venue in North America” and in 2005 under Ellman’s leadership, as “The 18th Busiest Music Venue in the World.”

Westgate City Center is a super-regional mixed-use urban development. The Westgate regional area includes: the Jobing.com Arena; the University of Phoenix Stadium (home of the Arizona Cardinals, the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, the 2007 & 2011 BCS National Championship Games, the 2008 Super Bowl and the 2008 NFC Championship game); a 320-room Renaissance Hotel; an 80,000-square-foot convention center and a 4,000-seat 20-screen AMC Multiplex Cinema.

Upon completion, Westgate will include up to 8 million square feet of retail, entertainment, restaurants, office, residential (2,200 condominiums, lofts, flats and apartments) and five hotels, making Westgate one of the largest commercial real estate developments in North America. Estimated cost for the complete build out of Westgate is $2+ billion and is expected to attract approximately 26 million annual visitors.

In 2008, The Ellman Companies was designated as one of the fastest growing companies in Arizona by the Arizona Corporate Excellence Awards.

A resident of Phoenix, Steven Ellman is an active community philanthropist and civic leader.