Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> August 6, 2001

Willian Benton – Diversified Senior Services Inc (diss)

WILLIAM G. BENTON has served as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Diversified Senior Services, Inc., since its inception. Mr. Benton is a Director, President and controlling shareholder of Taylor House Enterprises Limited since its incorporation in 1991, and served as a Director, an Executive Officer and sole shareholder of THE predecessor corporations since 1983. THE, through its predecessor and subsidiary corporations, has engaged in the commercial real estate business in the areas of multifamily apartments, hotel, shopping centers, long-term healthcare facilities and restaurants. Mr. Benton originally developed and serves as General Partner on many of the Section 8 Elderly properties which DSS manages. From 1988 through September 1994, Mr. Benton served as CEO and Director of Health Equity Properties Incorporated, a New York Stock Exchange listed real estate investment trust with over $150 million in long-term healthcare assets. At the time of the merger of Health Equity Properties and Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., Mr. Benton was the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Health Equity Properties. He is also a Director of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc., a NYSE listed REIT. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of the company and

an overview?

Mr. Benton: We were formed as a company in 1998, although management has

been together for almost 20 years.