Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL), a public company trading on the NYSE, is a global commercial real estate and investment management firm. With a history dating back to 1783 when Richard Winstanley founded an auctioneering business in London, JLL's modern iteration emerged in 1999 through the merger of LaSalle Partners and Jones Lang Wootton. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, JLL operates in over 80 countries with a workforce exceeding 100,000 employees. The company provides a comprehensive range of services, including investment management, property management, leasing, capital markets solutions, and technology products through JLL Technologies. JLL also operates a PropTech fund, JLL Spark, for VC investments. LaSalle Investment Management operates as a subsidiary of JLL.