People: Morgans Hotel Group Co. (MHGC.O)

Jeffrey M. Gault is a member of Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee and has been one of the Directors of Morgans Hotel Group Co. since December 2007. Since August 2007, Mr. Gault has served as the Chief Executive Officer of LandCap Partners, a national residential land company. He previously served as Division President of KB Urban, a division of KB Home, from September 2005 to June 2007. His more than 30 years of experience in real estate development and investment activities also includes senior positions with Empire Companies, a Southern California land developer, where he was President and Chief Operating Officer from May 2002 to March 2005; Helios Partners, an affiliate of the Pritzker family interests of Chicago, where he was managing partner from 1994 to 1998; Sun America Realty Partners, an affiliate of Sun America, Inc., where he was managing principal from 1990 to 1994; and Home Savings of America, F.A., where he was Executive Vice President and Director of Real Estate from 1985 to 1990. Mr. Gault earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley and has a Master’s Degree in Environmental Design from Yale University’s School of Architecture. Mr. Gault is a licensed architect and general building contractor in the State of California, a member of the American Institute of Architects, American Institute of Certified Planners, and Urban Land Institute, and the Chairman of the University of California at Berkeley Fisher Center for Urban Economics and Real Estate Policy Advisory Board.