Barry S. Sternlicht

Overview

Mr. Sternlicht is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Starwood Capital Group, a private real estate investment firm he formed in 1991. From October 2004 until May 2005, he was Executive Chairman of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., a company which he formed in 1995 and of which he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1995 until October 2004. Mr. Sternlicht also is a trustee of Brown University and serves on the boards of a number of civic organizations and charities including the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy, Business Committee for the Arts, Inc., The Harvard Club, the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International's 'National Leadership Advocacy Program', and Kids in Crisis. He also serves on the advisory boards of JPMorgan Chase and EuroHypo AG. He is a director of national Golf and a member of the Presidential Tourism and Travel Advisory Board, the Young Presidents Organization, the World Travel and Tourism Council and the Urban Land Institute.