Scott Schaeffer biography
Scott F. Schaeffer is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Independence Realty Trust, Inc. Mr. Schaeffer has served as the Chair of our Board since January 2011, as our Chief Executive Officer since February 2013 and as our president from February 2013 to August 2014. He served as the chief executive officer of RAIT Financial Trust, or RAIT, a real estate investment trust, from February 2009 to December 2016 and as its chair from December 2010 to October 2016. Prior to his position as the chief executive officer of RAIT, Mr. Schaeffer held various other executive positions at RAIT from September 2000. Mr. Schaeffer resigned from RAIT when we completed transactions to internalize our management and separate from RAIT in December 2016, which we refer to as our management internalization. Mr. Schaeffer served as the vice chair of the board of directors of Resource America, Inc. (NASDAQ: REXI), a specialty finance company, from 1998 to 2000, and as a director until October 2002. In addition to his roles on the board of directors, Mr. Schaeffer served in several senior management positions at Resource America from 1995 to 1998. Mr. Schaeffer also served as president of Resource Properties, Inc., a wholly owned real estate subsidiary of Resource America, from 1992 to 2000. Mr. Schaeffer currently serves as a National Trustee of the Boys and Girls Club of America, a position he has held since 2018. Mr. Schaeffer holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
What is the salary of Scott Schaeffer?
As the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Independence Realty Trust, the total compensation of Scott Schaeffer at Independence Realty Trust is $3,901,090. There are no executives at Independence Realty Trust getting paid more.
