Barry Sternlicht

Barry Sternlicht is Chairman & CEO of Starwood Capital Group, the private alternative investment firm he formed in 1991 that is focused on global real estate. Mr. Sternlicht also serves as Chairman & CEO of Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD), a leading diversified finance company. For the past 35 years, Mr. Sternlicht has structured investments with an asset value exceeding $280 billion. Starwood Capital’s investment vehicles have invested in approximately 300,000 residential units, 4,000 hotels, 104 million sf of office properties, 97 million sf of industrial, 56 million sf of retail and 85,000 lots of land in residential subdivisions. The Firm currently manages approximately $130 billion of assets on behalf of its high net worth and institutional partners. Starwood Capital, its affiliates and externally managed public companies, employ approximately 7,000 professionals across 21 offices in 9 countries. From 1995 through early 2005, Mr. Sternlicht was Chairman and CEO of Sta