What is William P. Carey?
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = William P. Carey | birth_name = William Polk Carey | birth_date = May 11, 1930 | death_date = January 2, 2012 | education = [[Gilman School]]<br>[[Pomfret School]] | alma_mater = [[Princeton University]]<br>[[University of Pennsylvania]] (BA) | known_for = {{hlist|Founding of W. P. Carey & Co. LLC|Namesake of University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School}} }} '''William Polk Carey''' (May 11, 1930&nbsp;– January 2, 2012) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Businessperson|businessman]]. He was the first person to apply [[leaseback financing]] to things other than [[Automobile|automobiles]]. Carey started [[W. P. Carey & Co. LLC]]. It is a [[Corporation|corporate]] [[Real property|real estate]] financing [[company]]. The [[headquarters]] of the company are in [[New York City]] in 1973.<ref name=wp/> The company is the largest [[Stock market|publicly traded]] [[limited liability company]] in the world. {{As of|2022|March}}, the company owns more than 1,300 properties in 24 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us-Leader in the net lease industry {{!}} W. P. Carey REIT|url=https://www.wpcarey.com/about-us/who-we-are|access-date=May 9, 2022|website=www.wpcarey.com}}</ref> It owns more than {{convert|90,000,000|ft|m}} of space. ==Early life, career, and family== Carey was born May 11, 1930 in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]]. He is a direct [[descendant]] of the 11th [[President of the United States|US President,]] [[James K. Polk]].<ref name=wp>{{cite news|title=Entrepreneur donated millions to found business schools|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=B5|date=January 4, 2012|first=Mary|last=McCauley}}</ref> Carey's family has long ties in Baltimore. His great-great-great-grandfather James Carey was an 18th- and 19th-century Baltimore [[Shipping|shipper]], the chairman of the [[Bank of Maryland]], a member of Baltimore's first [[City council]], and a relative of [[Johns Hopkins]]. His grandmother, [[Anne G