Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> March 24, 1999

Ronald L. Havner Jr. – Ps Business Parks Inc (psb)

RONALD L. HAVNER, JR., has been President, Chairman and CEO of PS Business Parks, Inc., since December 1996. PS Business Parks, Inc. is one of the largest owners and operators of business parks in the United States. Prior to joining PS Business Parks, Mr. Havner was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Public Storage, Inc. Public Storage is one of the largest REITs in the United States, with assets exceeding $5 billion. Mr. Havner became an officer of Public Storage in 1986, prior to which he was in the audit practice of Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Havner received his BA in Economics from UCLA in 1979 and graduated summa cum laude. He is a member of the AICPA, NAREIT and the Urban Land Institute. Mr. Havner is also Director of Business Machine Security, The Mobile Storage Group and Burnham Pacific Properties. Profile
TWST: Can you give us a brief overview and a quick history of the

company just to set the stage for the readers?

Mr. Havner: PS Business Parks is an organization that was established

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