Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> December 2, 2002

Paris Reece Iii – M.d.c. Holdings Inc (mdc)

PARIS G. 'GARY' REECE III is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.. Mr. Reece joined MDC as a Vice President in 1988. He was promoted to Chief Financial Officer in 1990, Senior Vice President in 1994 and Executive Vice President in 1999. Mr. Reece also is an officer and Director of most of the company's principal operating subsidiaries. Prior to joining MDC, Mr. Reece was the Director of Tax Planning for Occidental Petroleum Corporation, where he worked from 1977 until 1988. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of M.D.C.

Holdings and a picture of things as they are now?

Mr. Reece: M.D.C. Holdings was formed in 1972 with $50,000 of

capital and,