Piero Bussani 
Term: 2021-2026
Appointment: Gubernatorial

 

 

A native of Buffalo NY, Piero Bussani and his family have lived in Boca Raton for the past 22 years and have established close ties in the Boca Raton area. He moved to Florida earlier in his career when he worked as corporate counsel for Ft Lauderdale based Blockbuster Entertainment.

Bussani draws on 33 years of experience guiding corporations through a wide range of issues where law and business intersect, with extensive experience as Chief Legal Officer for several multi-billion dollar organizations and two fast growing start-ups.

Bussani currently oversees the Legal, Risk and Insurance functions at Homebound, the first tech-powered homebuilding company of its kind. Homebound's team of construction, real estate and technology experts is focused on addressing our country's housing crisis, using a better and novel solution for homebuilding.

Prior to joining Homebound, Piero spent 18 years as the Chief Legal Officer for Blackstone-owned real estate portfolio companies in nearly every asset class, including housing and hospitality. Piero has scaled and managed legal, risk, and insurance functions at start-ups and at mature companies, in the areas of construction & development, operations, regulatory and compliance, litigation, contracts, transactions, data privacy and security, and labor & employment.  Piero started his career at the Washington DC law firm Arent Fox, where he represented homebuilders.

As an expert and thought leader, Bussani is currently serving his 14th year on the Board of Trustees for Cubesmart, one of the top three owners and operators of self-storage properties in the U.S. He also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Cleveland Clinic of Weston.