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Chaim Katzman founded Equity One in 1992 and serves as the Chairman of our Board of Directors. Mr. Katzman served as our Chief Executive Officer until 2006 and as our President until November 2000. He has been involved in the purchase, development and management of commercial and residential real estate in the United States since 1980. Mr. Katzman purchased the controlling interest of Gazit Inc., a publicly-traded company listed on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange, and one of our principal, indirect stockholders, in May 1991, has served as the Chairman of its Board and Chief Executive Officer since that time, and remains its largest stockholder. Shulamit Katzman, Mr. Katzman’s wife, is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazit, Inc. Mr. Katzman has served as a director of Gazit-Globe, Ltd., a publicly-traded real estate investment company listed on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange and one of our principal, direct and indirect stockholders, since 1994 and as its Chairman since 1998. Mr. Katzman also serves as non-executive Chairman of the Board of First Capital Realty Inc., an Ontario real estate company the common stock of which is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and which is one of our principal, indirect stockholders. Mr. Katzman received an LL.B. from Tel Aviv University Law School in 1973. | 