Sam Zell

Sam Zell is chairman of Equity International. He founded the Company with Gary Garrabrant in 1999. Mr. Zell has been particularly active with Equity International’s publicly held portfolio companies， three of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange: Gafisa （GFA）， a leading homebuilder in Brazil， Xinyuan （XIN）， a fast-growing regional homebuilder in China， and Homex （HXM）， Mexico’s leading homebuilder. A fourth， BR Malls， Brazil’s largest retail property owner and operator， is listed on the Bovespa （BZ:BRML3）.