Barry S. Sternlicht

Overview

Barry S. Sternlicht has served as a director since our inception. He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Starwood Capital Group, a private real estate investment firm he formed in 1991. From 1995 through 2004, Mr. Sternlicht was Chairman and CEO of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., a company he founded in 1995. Mr. Sternlicht is a trustee of Brown University. He serves on the Board of Directors of National Golf, The Estee Lauder Companies, the National Advisory Board of JPMorgan Chase Bank, the Advisory Board of Eurohypo Bank, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's National Leadership Advocacy Program, Kids in Crisis, the Business Committee for the Arts, and the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding. Mr. Sternlicht received his B.A., magna cum laude, with honors from Brown University. He earned an M.B.A. with distinction from Harvard Business School.