Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 17, 2004

DREW ALEXANDER – WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS (WRI)

DREW ALEXANDER is President and CEO of Weingarten Realty Investors. Mr. Alexander graduated from the University of Texas (Austin) with highest honors, majoring in real estate. He joined WRI in 1978 as a Leasing Executive in the Retail Division. He was appointed Director of the Industrial Division in 1982, and was made Vice President of WRI in 1984. In 1985, Mr. Alexander was promoted to Director of Leasing and was named Senior Vice President in 1990. In 1995, he was appointed President of Weingarten Realty Management Company while still serving as Senior Vice President for WRI. He was named President of WRI in 1997 and was appointed the company's Chief Executive Officer in 2001. Mr. Alexander is active in a number of civic and charitable organizations. He serves as a Director of Weingarten Realty Investors, Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc., the Houston region of JPMorgan/Chase & Co., The Texas Medical Center and The Greater Houston Partnership. Civic interests include serving on the Boards of Rebuilding Together Houston, United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast and the Houston Food Bank. Further, he is a member of several committees at Congregation Emanu El and the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston. He has previously served on a number of Boards including Houston Achievement Place and The Gladney Center. He also serves on the Board of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and is a Trustee and past Chairman of The International Council of Shopping Centers. Profile
TWST: Would you start with a brief historical sketch of Weingarten

Realty Investors and a picture of what you are doing at the present

time?

Mr. Greenberg: Weingarten Realty Investors grew out