George Huntington Peck, Jr. (October 15, 1856 – January 9, 1940) was an American real estate broker, developer and millionaire.
Convinced of the need for harbor facilities, he later bought land along the seashore[2] and, in 1890–despite little formal education–established the first bank in San Pedro.
[2] Peck eventually acquired virtually all of San Pedro and much of the north part of what became Manhattan Beach.
Among his larger real estate transactions were the sale of properties for the Standard Oil (now Chevron) refinery at what became El Segundo and the Army's Fort MacArthur at San Pedro.
Much of his estate was left in trusts for his chronically ill children, with the remaining value defaulting to the city upon their deaths.