Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 16, 2004

GORDON DUGAN – W.P. CAREY & CO LLC (WPC)

Gordon F. DuGan is President and Chief Executive Officer of W. P. Carey & Co. LLC, and CEO of its series of Corporate Property Associates (CPA) non-traded REIT funds. Mr. DuGan joined W. P. Carey as Assistant to the Chairman in 1988 and served in W. P. Carey's investment department in several capacities, including as Head of Investments. He serves as Trustee of the W. P. Carey Foundation, and is a member of the boards of the New York Pops and the Hewitt School. He recently joined the board of The Innocence Project and the Advisory Board of India 2020, Limited - a private equity firm investing in Indian middle-market businesses. A member of the Young Presidents Organization and the Council on Foreign Relations, Mr. DuGan has appeared in numerous media outlets, including Forbes, Institutional Investor, The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Bloomberg and CNNfn. Mr. DuGan received his B.Sc. in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Profile
TWST: Could you sketch out the history of the company briefly and then

explain what the company is doing at the present time?

Mr. DuGan: For the past 30 plus years we've been the leader in