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Gary
R. Garrabrant
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Equity International
Wednesday,
May 9, 2007
Gary R. Garrabrant
is chief executive officer and co-founder of Equity International.
Mr. Garrabrant oversees all of the Company’s activities
and investment portfolio. He is also executive vice president
of Equity Group Investments, L.L.C. (EGI), the privately-held
investment company founded and led by Sam Zell. Mr. Garrabrant
joined EGI in 1996.
Mr. Garrabrant
has extensive real estate, investment management and banking
experience. He led the acquisition of California Real Estate
Investment Trust and the creation of Capital Trust (NYSE:CT)
where he served as vice chairman and director. He was also
involved in the consolidation of the four Zell/Merrill Lynch
Opportunity Funds which led to the creation of Equity Office
Properties Trust (NYSE:EOP). Prior to joining EGI, Mr. Garrabrant
co-founded and led Genesis Realty Capital Management, a real
estate securities investment management firm based in New
York. Mr. Garrabrant was a senior real estate investment banker
with Chemical Bank followed by The Bankers Trust Company from
1981 to 1994.
Mr. Garrabrant
is vice chairman and director of Homex (NYSE:HXM), chairman
of Gafisa (NYSE:GFA) and a director of Equity International.
He is also a member of the Kellogg Institute for International
Studies Advisory Board at the University of Notre Dame and
the Real Estate Advisory Board at Cambridge University.
Mr. Garrabrant
graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.B.A.
in finance and completed the Dartmouth Institute at Dartmouth
College. |
