Richard L. Friedman
Richard L. Friedman is a real estate developer involved in multiple business, civic, and charitable endeavors. Friedman is the President and CEO of Carpenter & Company, Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, a private firm involved in real estate and private investments. Carpenter specializes in hotel development. In 2000, President Bill Clinton appointed Friedman as Chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission. In 2010, Friedman was appointed by President Barack Obama to the President’s Export Council. From May 2013 until January 1, 2020, Friedman was a Director of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. In June 2014, the Boston Globe reported that Friedman was developing a $700 Million, 61 story Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences One Dalton Street in Boston's Back Bay. The building is the tallest building to be built in New England in the last 40 years. Early life and education Friedman was born in 1940 and raised in Brookline, Massachusetts, In 1963, Friedman graduated from Dartmouth College where he was a member of the ski team. After graduating, Friedman served as a Second Lieutenant in the Signal Corps the United States Army. From 1965 to 1971, he was the head coach of the Harvard College ski team. Career Friedman