Steven I. Scharf

New Valley LLC provides real estate services. It acquires operating companies and real estate properties. The company was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Main Street Restaurant Group, Inc. owns and operates restaurants. The company owns TGI Friday's restaurants, Bamboo Club restaurants and Alice Cooper's town restaurant. It provides full service casual dining services. The company is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Borders Group, Inc. owns and operates bookstores and music stores. It operates through its subsidiaries, Borders, Inc. and Walden Book Company, Inc., which operates stores selling books, music and movie superstores and mall-based bookstores. The company operates a proprietary e-commerce Web site www.borders.com. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Open Acquisition Corp. operates as a blank check company. It is formed to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition or other similar business combination with an operating business in the over-the-counter domestic or international businesses. The company was founded in January, 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Boston Marriott Copley Place is a 1139-room hotel. The company is based in Boston, MA. Boston Marriott Copley Place was acquired by Host Marriott Corp. /Old/ on June 18, 2002 for $214.13 million.

Douglas Elliman Realty LLC operates as a real estate company. It offers residential sales and rental brokerage, development marketing, relocation, sports and entertainment, seniors on the move, and broker specialists services. The company was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of JWM Family Enterprises, Inc., Residence Inn is a hotel and resort operator. The company is based in Washington. The American company was founded by Jack P. DeBoer. Residence Inn was acquired by JWM Family Enterprises LP from Vermont Co LLC on September 17, 2001.

The Briad Group owns and operates hotels and restaurants. It operates through the following divisions: Quick-Service, Casual-Dining, and Lodging. The Quick-Service division operates the Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers restaurants. The Casual-Dining division oversees TGI Friday’s restaurants. The Lodging division develops and operates hotels under the Marriott and Hilton brands. The company was founded by Bradford L. Honigfeld in October 1987 and is headquartered in Livingston, NJ.

Part of Douglas Elliman, Inc., Douglas Elliman of LI LLC operates as a real estate brokerage firm. The company is based in New York, NY. The CEO of the company is Dottie Herman.

Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc. provides investment baking and brokerage services. The firm also provides asset and wealth management, underwriting, alternative investments and advisory services. It serves emerging growth companies and high net worth individuals. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum is a living memorial to the Holocaust that inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The museum is an international leader in scholarship on the Holocaust, with the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies providing for continued growth and vitality in the field of Holocaust studies. The museum's international educational outreach programs provide accurate information about the Holocaust in ways that reflect the relevance of history to audiences today. The museum teaches millions of people each year about the dangers of unchecked hatred and the need to prevent genocide. The American company was founded by Cindy Edelman, Stanley B. Tulin.

Real Estate Board of New York, Inc. operates as a real estate trade association. It represents commercial, residential, and institutional property owners, builders, managers, investors, brokers, and salespeople; banks, financial service companies, utilities, attorneys, architects, and contractors. The company was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. engages in the provision of securities regulation, complementary compliance, and technology-based services. Its services include writing and enforcing rules governing the activities of securities firms with brokers, examining firms for compliance with those rules, fostering market transparency, and educating investors. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

True North Management Group is a real estate investment management firm founded in 2004 by Richard Gunthel and Paul Turovskin .The firm is headquartered in White Plains, New York.

Procon LLC designs and constructs buildings for hospitality, multi-family residential, senior living, commercial/corporate, industrial, athletic, educational, student housing and healthcare. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Hooksett, NH.

UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

92nd Street Young Men's & Young Women's Hebrew Association offers Jewish arts, culture, life, education and other programs. It is a Jewish institution that reaches out to people of every race, ethnicity, religion, age and economic class. The firm seeks to create, provide and disseminate programs of distinction that foster the physical and mental health of human beings throughout their lives, their educational and spiritual growth and their enjoyment. The company was founded on March 22, 1874 and is headquartered in New York, NY.