Larry Mizel is chairman and CEO of MDC Holdings, parent corporation of Richmond American Homes. He founded the firm in 1972 and led it to become one of the nation's top homebuilders; MDC has consistently maintained one of the strongest financial positions in the industry over the past decade. Mizel was a founder, and until 1996, chairman of Asset Investors Corp., an NYSE-listed real estate investment trust, and of Commercial Assets Inc., a real estate investment trust that traded on the American Stock Exchange. He has been active in many charitable, religious and community causes, including the Council on Foreign Relations, Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Museum of Tolerance, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, National Homeland Defense Foundation, Colorado Concern, Mizel Museum and Mizel Arts and Culture Center (The MACC). He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Oklahoma and a J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.