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A. Starke (Tracy) Taylor, III
Chief Executive Officer, President, and Principal
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A. Starke (Tracy) Taylor, III, a founder of our company, has served as Chief Executive Officer and President since our inception. Mr. Taylor entered the Commercial Real Estate business in 1972 and, together with his partner, George S. Watson, established the Watson & Taylor Companies in 1974. Over the last 34 years, Mr. Taylor has been involved in all aspects of the real estate industry, primarily focusing on self-storage. He has been involved in real estate investments including development and management of self-storage facilities, business centers, shopping centers, commercial developments, apartment complexes, and land holdings in many different areas of the United States. Mr. Taylor and his partner have owned and/or operated in excess of 78 self-storage properties located across the eastern seaboard from New Jersey to Texas as well as in Europe.
He is a member of the Board of Directors and the Large Operators Group (LOG) of the Self Storage Association (SSA), the national self-storage industry association. Mr. Taylor is also a past President of the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce and a past Chairman of the Board of Priority One, an international missionary organization. Mr. Taylor served on the Board of Trustees of Dallas Theological Seminary for 16 years. He also served as a member of the Dallas County Advisory Board of The Salvation Army, as a board member of the regional Young Life Board, and as the founding Chairman of the Board of the Park Central Athletic Club. Mr. Taylor is a past member of the Board of Directors of MBank Preston. He currently serves as an Elder at Park Cities Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Taylor graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1966 with a B.B.A. degree.
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