Name: Stephen M. Ross
Title: Partner
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Stephen M. Ross, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Related Companies, an international real estate development company, became a 50% partner in the Miami Dolphins, Dolphin Stadium, and the surrounding developable land on February 22, 2008. This partnership represented the culmination of a dream for Mr. Ross. He grew up in South Florida and the Dolphins have been a lifetime passion for him.

Mr. Ross, now a resident of Palm Beach and New York, formed Related in 1972. Today, the company is considered the most prominent privately owned real estate development firm in the United States, with divisions in development, acquisitions, property management, marketing and sales. Headquartered in New York City, Related has offices and major developments in Aspen/Snowmass, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, San Francisco and South Florida and boasts a team of more than 2,000 professionals. To date, Related has real estate assets worth over $15 billion including the landmark Time Warner Center in New York City and CityPlace in West Palm Beach, with over $25 billion currently in development including the creation of a 26-acre new neighborhood on the waterfront of the west side of New York City.

Mr. Ross began his career in Detroit, Michigan working for the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand as a tax attorney. He later moved to New York where he specialized in real estate and corporate finance at two investment banking firms immediately prior to founding Related. Mr. Ross graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and from Wayne State University Law School with a Juris Doctor degree. He then received a Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University School of Law. Based on a substantial gift in 2004, the University of Michigan renamed its business school the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Mr. Ross is Chairman of the Board of Directors of both Centerline (NYSE:CHC), the country's largest financier of affordable housing, and Equinox Fitness Clubs, one of Related's most recent acquisitions. Mr. Ross is also Chairman of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), the city's leading real estate trade association. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Guggenheim Museum, Lincoln Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Urban Land Institute, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, The Levin Institute, National Building Museum, and The Jackie Robinson Foundation.

Over the years, Mr. Ross has received numerous honors for his business, civic, and philanthropic activities. Most recently, Related received the Honor Award from the National Building Museum and Mr. Ross was named Housing Person of the Year by the National Housing Conference. In 2005, REBNY presented him with the Harry B. Helmsley Distinguished New Yorker Award. In 2003, he received the Jack D. Weiler Award from UJA. Crain's New York named Mr. Ross one of the 100 Most Influential Leaders in Business in 2002. Mr. Ross was recognized by NYC & Company with their 2002 Leadership in Tourism Award. Mr. Ross was the 2001 honoree for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Promise Ball. Earlier that year he received the Henry Pearce Award presented by the Jewish Association for Services for the Aged. Mr. Ross was named Owner & Developer of the Year by New York Construction News in 2000.