Jason Hughes, the CEO and founder of Hughes Marino, attended Pepperdine University. He also graduated with a Bachelor of Science in business administration. For Jason Hughes to have the knowledge he needed to follow a commercial tenant representation career, he attended the University of San Diego and earned a graduate degree in 1993.
Despite having two college degrees, Jason Hughes always thirsts for knowledge of new things. He attended and completed executive-level educational programs at UCLA Anderson School of Business, UCSD Rady School of Management, and Harvard University.
Hughes Marino representation firm, the tenant and buyer representation firm, started as a small, independently owned local business in the early 1990s before he moved from his then job at Cushman & Wakefield, located in Los Angeles. Since the launching of the firm, Jason Hughes and his wife Shay, also the business partner, have worked so hard to expand their operations over the West Coast.
With thirty years of experience in his career, the business mogul and business expert advisor has been at the forefront of California’s most notable tenant lease transactions. Jason Hughes is extremely skilled at complex lease negotiations of extraordinarily high value. He has expertise in construction management, lease accounting, lease restructuring and lease auditing.
Jason Hughes also specializes in culture consulting, sale-leaseback transactions, planning and design, and other related skills. In the San Diego business community, the CEO is significantly recognized because of his years of experience and success. The honor of Most Admired CEO was awarded to him by the San Diego Business Journal, and he was awarded Broker of the Year 10 times by The Irvine Company. One thing that entrepreneur Jason Hughes is proudest about from all the success in the industry is operating a family-owned business.