2023 Industry Excellence Award Winner
Gilbert Winn
Chief Executive Officer
WinnCompanies
As chief executive officer of one of the leading apartment developers and managers in the United States, Gilbert Winn oversees an award-winning, human-centered organization, balancing the needs of the business with the needs of its employees, residents, partners, and the community and advance the most pressing housing goals of state and national housing policy.
Through Gilbert’s leadership and strategic direction, WinnCompanies continues to deliver high quality award-winning mixed-income and mixed-use multifamily apartment developments that support a strong quality of life for residents of all incomes and enhance the surrounding community.
WinnCompanies is focused on advancing apartment communities through high-impact initiatives, including housing stability strategies for at-risk tenants, the expansion of low- and middle-income housing, comprehensive resident services and environmentally sustainable development.
He became CEO of WinnCompanies in 2015, and, alongside his partner, WinnDevelopment Managing Partner Larry Curtis, has grown the company to 4,000 employees working in 24 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia with responsibility for more than 660 properties and 106,000 apartments across all types and incomes.
Gilbert was previously chair of the Government Affairs Committee for the Greater Boston Real Estate Board and a past president of the Massachusetts Apartment Association. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and, in October 2022, was inducted into the Affordable Housing Finance Hall of Fame.
Through Gilbert’s leadership and strategic direction, WinnCompanies continues to deliver high quality award-winning mixed-income and mixed-use multifamily apartment developments that support a strong quality of life for residents of all incomes and enhance the surrounding community.
WinnCompanies is focused on advancing apartment communities through high-impact initiatives, including housing stability strategies for at-risk tenants, the expansion of low- and middle-income housing, comprehensive resident services and environmentally sustainable development.
He became CEO of WinnCompanies in 2015, and, alongside his partner, WinnDevelopment Managing Partner Larry Curtis, has grown the company to 4,000 employees working in 24 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia with responsibility for more than 660 properties and 106,000 apartments across all types and incomes.
Gilbert was previously chair of the Government Affairs Committee for the Greater Boston Real Estate Board and a past president of the Massachusetts Apartment Association. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and, in October 2022, was inducted into the Affordable Housing Finance Hall of Fame.
