Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> April 9, 2001

Ben Farahi – Monarch Casino & Resort Inc (mcri)

BEN FARAHI has been Co-Chairman of the Board, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer of Monarch since its inception, and of Golden Road since June 1993. From 1973 until June 1993, Mr. Farahi was Secretary, Treasurer, and a Director of Golden Road in charge of financial planning and construction for the company. Mr. Farahi is a partner in Farahi Investment Company, which is engaged in real estate investment and development. Mr. Farahi is also the managing partner of Maxum, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company which, as of January 1, 2002, acquired all general partnership interests of Resources Accrued Mortgage Investors 2, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership that invests in first and junior mortgage loans. Mr. Farahi holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA degree in Accounting from the California State University, Hayward. Profile
TWST: Could you start out by giving us a brief historical sketch of the

company, and a profile of the company as it is now?

Mr. Farahi: Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc., is a public company,