Speaker's Biography:
Jeffrey Mezger
President, CEO and Director of the Board, KB Home
Jeffrey Mezger is President, CEO and Director of the Board of KB Home. A
30-year veteran of the homebuilding industry, he is recognized as the driving force behind KB Home's core KBnxt business model, the engine powering the company′s growth. KBnxt shifted away from the tradition of pre-building homes without buyers to a build-to-order approach grounded in market and land-acquisition strategies. Mezger served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of KB Home from 1999 to 2006. Under his watch, KB Home grew from a $3.8 billion business in 1999 to a $9.4 billion business in 2005. In 2005, Mezger helped launch a ground-breaking joint venture between KB Home and Countrywide Home Loans, offering KB Home customers hundreds of financing options. Mezger holds a seat on the executive board of the University of Southern California Lusk Center for Real Estate and is on the Policy Advisory Board for the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. He is also a member of the NAHB High Production Builders Council. Mezger graduated from DePauw University with a bachelor's degree in economics.
Panel:
The Subprime-Market Ripple Effect
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