Alexander Mehran

Biography: Alexander Mehran, Jr. is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sunset Development Company in San Ramon, California. He represents the third generation of family leadership at the Company founded in 1951 by his grandfather, Masud Mehran. Sunset is a diversified real estate organization focused for the last 40 years on the development of Bishop Ranch, a nationally recognized 585-acre project in San Ramon with 10 million square feet of office, hotel, shopping and research facilities and a daytime population of over 30,000 workers in 600 diverse companies. Prior to Bishop Ranch, Sunset developed several master-planned communities in Livermore, California, including more than 4,000 homes and 500 apartments. In 2018, Sunset opened its much-anticipated City Center project with an iconic design by Renzo Piano and a modern mix of entertainment and retail. City Center and the apartments to surround it will establish Bishop Ranch as a mixed-use regional node. In concert with his father, Alex Mehran Sr., the Company’s Chairman, Alex oversees all of the operations at Bishop Ranch including the leadership of Sunset’s 160 employees across its eight divisions; development and construction, leasing, finance, legal, marketing, property management, design and retail. Alex was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He graduated from Brown University in 2003 after which he joined Goldman, Sachs & Company in New York. Alex returned to California in 2009 to join Sunset. Alex serves on the board of the Watson Institute at Brown University. He and his wife are the proud parents of four children. Alex is an avid pilot, outdoorsman and short-handed open ocean sailor. His eight day passage in 2012 from San Francisco to Hanalei Bay earned him the elapsed time record for the Solo-Transpac.