Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> April 25, 2002

Philip Maritz – Maritz, Wolff & Co

PHILIP F. MARITZ, founded Maritz Properties in 1990, a commercial real estate development and investment firm. In 1992 he co-founded Maritz, Wolff & Co., which manages the Hotel Equity Fund, a private equity investment fund. Mr. Maritz serves as Chairman of the Board of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University, majoring in Art and Archaeology, with a further focus on the study of Architecture. He attended the Stanford Business School where he received his MBA degree with an emphasis on real estate and finance. Mr. Maritz' work experience includes periods with AT&T in San Francisco, California; a position in real estate finance at Morgan Stanley & Co. in New York City; and several years with Spieker Properties, a San Francisco area real estate development and investment company. Mr. Maritz serves on several not-for-profit Boards and he is also a Corporate Director of Wolff-DiNapoli, a Los Angeles-based investment and development firm. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief overview of the history and evolution

of Maritz, Wolff & Co?

Mr. Maritz: We're a 10-year-old firm that invests funds on behalf of

primarily private