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Shawn Clark

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Learning Officer at YPO
📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States

As CEO of CRG and Chief Strategy Officer at Clayco, Shawn Clark has over 18 years of experience transforming the real estate business into an institutional-quality investment firm. He specializes in high-conviction asset classes like data centers and industrial properties, holding degrees from Clemson University and DePaul University.

Deeply committed to philanthropy, Shawn founded the Illumination gala to fund research for RVCL, a rare disease that personally affected his family. He has raised over $11 million for the cause. He spends his personal time hiking with his family in Colorado, as well as golfing and skiing.

In memory of his mother who passed from a rare genetic disease, Shawn founded a charity that has raised over $11 million to find a cure for RVCL.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Learning Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Chicago Area, United States
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Rare Disease Advocacy
After losing his mother to RVCL, he founded the Illumination gala and The Clayco Foundation, which has raised over $11 million to fund research for a cure.
Data Center Development
He is building CRG into a programmatic development platform with a key focus on data centers and has spoken about the thoughtful planning for projects like the Festus Data Center.
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Career

Work history

6-2025
Learning Officer
YPO
1-2025
Chief Strategy Officer
Clayco
5-2023
Chief Executive Officer
CRG
2-2018 - 5-2023
President
CRG
4-2016 - 2-2018
CRG Development Manager
Clayco
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Education
2011 - 2013
MS
DePaul Driehaus College of Business
2004 - 2008
BS
Clemson University
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