William P. Carey

William P. Carey
Born
William Polk Carey

May 11, 1930
DiedJanuary 2, 2012(2012-01-02) (aged 81)
EducationGilman School
Pomfret School
Alma materPrinceton University
University of Pennsylvania (BA)
Known forfounding W. P. Carey
namesake of Carey Business School and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

William Polk Carey (May 11, 1930 – January 2, 2012) was an American philanthropist and businessman. He was the founder of W. P. Carey & Co., a corporate real estate financing firm headquartered in New York City, and donated the funds to establish the Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.