---
id: "entity-jorge-perez"
type: "entity"
entityType: "person"
canonicalName: "Jorge Pérez"
aliases: ["Jorge Perez", "Godfather of Miami Real Estate"]
source_timestamps: ["00:44:10"]
tags: ["developer", "billionaire"]
related: ["entity-related-group"]
sources: ["jayroberts"]
sourceVaultSlug: "jay-roberts-florida-condo-development-2026Jun25"
originDay: 4
---
# Jorge Pérez

## Jorge Pérez

**Type:** Person  
**Role:** Billionaire founder of [[entity-related-group]].

### Role in This Vault

[[entity-jay-roberts]] refers to Pérez as the **"Godfather of Miami real estate development."** Pérez represents the established generation of Miami developers who pioneered exploitation of Florida's [[concept-florida-condo-deposit-financing]] mechanism.

Spelling note: English-language press often renders his name as **"Jorge Perez"**; the Spanish accent (**Pérez**) is the canonical form.