Gary Garrabrant is chief executive officer and co-founder of Equity International. He provides strategic direction and oversees all of the Company’s activities and investment portfolio. Mr. Garrabrant founded Equity International with Sam Zell in 1999.

Mr. Garrabrant has been the principal architect of Equity International (EI), recognized as a leading investor and builder of world-class companies outside of the United States. Equity International is distinguished by a broad array of outstanding operating partners and industry-leading portfolio companies including Homex (NYSE:HXM), Gafisa (NYSE:GFA) and BR Malls (Bovespa:BRML3). Mr. Garrabrant is and has been a director of numerous EI portfolio companies. He is the former chairman of Gafisa and vice chairman of Homex.

From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Garrabrant was executive vice president of Equity Group Investments, LLC, the investment company founded and led by Mr. Zell, responsible for private investment and capital markets activities. During this time, Mr. Garrabrant was involved in the creation of Capital Trust (NYSE:CT) where he served as vice chairman and director, and in the formation of Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE:EOP). Previously, he co-founded Genesis Realty Capital Management and was a managing director in the real estate investment banking division of Chemical Bank and in a similar role with The Bankers Trust Company.

Mr. Garrabrant is a member of the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business Advisory Council and the Real Estate Advisory Board at Cambridge University. He conceived and established the Garrabrant International Internship Program at the Mendoza College of Business.

Mr. Garrabrant graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BBA in finance and completed the Dartmouth Institute at Dartmouth College.