Keith A. Meister has served as Principal Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of American Property Investors, Inc., the Company's general partner, since March 2006. He served as Chief Executive Officer of the general partner from August 2003 until March 2006 and as President from August 2003 until April 2005.
Mr. Meister serves as a senior investment analyst of High River Limited Partnership, a company owned and controlled by Mr. Icahn, a position he has held since June 2002. Mr. Meister is also a senior investment analyst of Icahn Partners LP and Icahn Partners Master Fund LP. He is also a director of Icahn Fund Ltd., which is the feeder fund of Icahn Partners Master Fund LP. Icahn Partners LP and Icahn Partners Master Fund LP are private investment funds controlled by Mr. Icahn.
From March 2000 through 2001, Mr. Meister served as co-president of J Net Ventures, a venture capital fund that he co-founded which is focused on investments in information technology and enterprise software businesses.
From 1997 through 1999, Mr. Meister served as an investment professional at Northstar Capital Partners, an opportunistic real estate investment partnership. Prior to Northstar, Mr. Meister served as an investment analyst in the investment banking group at Lazard Freres. He also serves on the Boards of Directors of the following companies: American Railcar Industries, WestPoint International, Inc., XO Holdings, Inc., BFK Capital Group, Inc., a NYSE listed investment management firm, and ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an AMEX listed biopharmaceuticals company.
Mr. Meister has been licensed by the New Jersey State Casino Control Commission and the Nevada State Gaming Control Commission.
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