nyse eqr s & p 500 component industry apartments founded 1969 founder samuel zell headquarters riverside plaza chicago illinois key people david neithercut ceo samuel zell chairman products apartments services property management revenue us 2.744 billion 1 operating income us 1.008 billion 1 net income us 863 million 1 total assets us 23.157 billion 1 total equity us 10.696 billion 1 number of employees 3 500 2 website www.equityresidential.com equity residential is a publicly traded real estate investment trust based in chicago illinois . as of january 31 2016 the company owned or had investments in 316 properties consisting of 85 391 apartments located primarily in boston new york city washington dc seattle san francisco and southern california . 1 the company was added to the s & p 500 in 2001 . 3 the company has paid a dividend to its common stock shareholders in every year since 1993 . 4 history edit the company was founded in 1969 by real estate investor sam zell who is also the current chairman . 5 on february 27 2013 equity residential and avalon bay closed a 9 billion deal to acquire archstone from lehman brothers . 6 external links edit equity residential corporate information website equity residential apartment information website equityapartments.com residents account portal . references edit a b c d e f equity residential reports full year 2015 results . business wire . february 2 2016 . 2014 form 10 k equity residential added to s & p 500 . prnewswire . december 3 2001 . dividends . our story . equity residential announces closing of 9 billion archstone acquisition . reuters . retrieved 5 march 2015 . v t e illinois based corporations fortune 500 corporations by size 2013 walgreens boots alliance archer daniels midland boeing caterpillar inc. state farm insurance abbott laboratories sears holdings united continental holdings deere & company mondel z international allstate mcdonald s exelon kraft heinz illinois tool works baxter international navistar international rr donnelley cdw hillshire brands discover financial w. w. grainger motorola solutions dover corporation tenneco officemax ingredion anixter cf industries holdings telephone and data systems united stationers old republic international other major public companies alphabetically abbvie acco brands accretive health allscripts amcol international corporation arthur j. gallagher & co. beam inc. brookdale senior living brunswick corporation calamos career education corporation catamaran corporation cboe holdings cme group cna financial continental materials corporation equity residential fortune brands home & security general growth properties hospira hyatt hotels corp. integrys energy group jones lang lasalle kemper corporation nalco holding company nicor rli corp. rubicon technology stericycle titan international tribune media tronc tootsie roll industries ulta beauty usg corporation westell zebra technologies other major private companies alphabetically ace hardware baker & mckenzie blue cross blue shield association claire s country financial danfoss power solutions dot foods eby brown electro motive diesel flex n gate follett corporation gardner denver grant thornton llp health care service corporation heico cos. hendrickson international hub international jenner & block kirkland & ellis marmon group mayer brown medline industries molex nestl frozen pizza osi group pactiv reyes holdings ryerson inc. sidley austin skidmore owings & merrill solo cup company tellabs transunion true value us foods wirtz corporation related topics breweries in illinois companies in the chicago metropolitan area food manufacturers of chicago newspapers in illinois retailers on the magnificent mile wineries in illinois retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title equity residential & oldid 743336500 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies established in 1969companies based in chicagoreal estate investment trusts of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 04 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view