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Richard Charles Blum

Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman, Blum Capital Partners

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Background

Mr. Richard C. Blum, also known as Dick, co-founded Blum Capital Partners in 1975 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer, President, general partner and Chairman. He was previously Partner at the firm from May 2006 to December 2012. Mr. Blum is a Co-Founder of TPG Capital L.P. He is the Founder and Chairman of Richard C. Blum & Associates, Inc. He is the Founder and Chairman of the American Himalayan Foundation. He is also a founding member of the Council of Advisors to National Geographic International. He serves as an Honorary Consultant to Mongolia and the Kingdom of Nepal. Previously, he co-founded TPG Newbridge Capital in the early 1990s and has been its Co-Chairman since September 2001. Mr. Blum founded Blum Center for Developing Economies at the University of California. He founded the Global Economy and Development Center at The Brookings Institution. He also founded the Blum-Brookings Conference to develop policy research strategy and to work on individual projects. He served with Sutro & Co. for 17 years from 1958 to 1975 and served as various positions including director and major stockholder. Mr. Blum serves as Co-Chairman of the World Conference on Religion and Peace. He serves as Co-Chairman - Asia at TPG Capital. Mr. Blum has been a Director of KFB Newbridge Advisors, Co. since 2000 and KFB Newbridge Control Corp. since 2000. He serves as a Director Emeritus of Northwest Airlines Corporation. Mr. Blum is a Member of Investment Committee of Montgomery Street Partners, LLC. He has experience serving as a director of other companies and serves on the board of directors of Pacific Alliance Group Holdings Ltd. He has been a Director of The Regents of The University of California since 2002. He serves as a Director at Coral Growth Investments Limited and Egyptian Direct Investment Fund. He serves as a Member of the Governing Board at University of California. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at The Endeavor Group, Inc. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board of the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley. Mr. Blum serves as a Trustee of The Brookings Institution. He serves as a Member of Economic Advisory Council at URS Corporation. Mr. Blum serves as a Member of the Board of Trustees at American Cancer Society Foundation. He serves on the Boards of The California Academy of Sciences. He serves as a Board Member of the World Wildlife Fund and the Wilderness Society. He serves as Member of Economic Advisory Council of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. He serves on the board of trustees of The Asian Art Museum Foundation, The Carter Center, Central European University, Glide Foundation, The National Democratic Institute and The Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Regents for the University of California. He served as the Chairman of CB Richard Ellis Services. He served as the Chairman of CBRE Group, Inc. from September 2001 to May 2014. He served as Vice Chairman of URS Corporation from 1975 to November 2005 and also served as its Director until November 2005. He served as an Independent Director at CBRE Group, Inc. from May 1993 to May 13, 2016. He served as a Member of Economic Advisory Council of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. He served as a Director of FRHI Holdings Limited. He served as a Director of Current Media, Inc. since May 2004. He served as a Director of National Education Corp., since 1987, Northwest Airlines, LLC from 1989 to January 2005 and Playtex Products, LLC since 1998. He served as a Director of Northwest Airlines Holding Corporation. He served as a Director of Triad Systems Corporation since 1992. He served as a Director of Standard Chartered Bank Korea Limited, Taft Broadcasting Corporation, Shaklee Corporation, Advanced Systems, Inc., Sumitomo Bank of California, Princeville Development Corporation and Myer Pty Ltd. He served on the boards of National Educational Corporation. Mr. Blum served as a Director at Glenborough Realty Trust Inc. since January 1998. He served as a Director at Korea First Bank Ltd. He served as a Director of Sutro & Co. until 1975. He was appointed as a Regent in 2002 by Governor Davis to a 12-year term from March 12, 2002 to March 1, 2014. He is active in numerous non-profit organizations. He has experience in the capital markets and securities business. Mr. Blum has long had philanthropic interests, primarily focused on global poverty and education. He was the recipient of UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business Alumnus of the Year Award in 1994. He was appointed by President Obama to be a member of the President's Global Development Council. Most recently, he was awarded the Haas School of Business' Lifetime Achievement Award. He received an Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of San Francisco's McLaren College of Business in 2006. Mr. Blum holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration in 1958 and an MBA degree in 1959 from the University of California at Berkeley.

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