Jeffrey T. Mezger

Jeffrey T. Mezger is an American businessman.[1][2][3] He serves as the president and chief executive officer of KB Home.[1][2][3][4][5]

Jeffrey T. Mezger
Mezger at Frame signing ceremony with Jared Allen's Homes for Wounded Warriors.
EducationDePauw University
EmployerKB Home
TitleCEO

Early life

Mezger was born in Chicago, Illinois.[4] He graduated from DePauw University with a Bachelor of Science in economics in 1977.[1][3][4]

Career

Mezger joined KB Home in 1993.[1][3] From 1999 to 2006, he served as chief operating officer and executive vice president of KB Home.[1][2][3] He has served as president and CEO since 2006.[1][2][3][4]

Mezger sits on the board of directors of Builder Homesite and on the High Production Builders Council of the National Association of Home Builders.[1][3] He also serves on the executive board of the Lusk Center for Real Estate at the University of Southern California and on the policy advisory board of the Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.[3][4][6]

In 2010, Builder Magazine honored Mezger with its "CEO of the Year" award.[7]

In 2017, Mezger was disciplined by KB Home after audio surfaced of him shouting profanities at his neighbor Kathy Griffin[8] after she called the cops on his 9-year-old niece for playing music too loud at her birthday party.

References
  1. "Jeffrey T Mezger, KB Home: Profile and Biography - Bloomberg Markets". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  2. "Forbes". Forbes.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  3. "The Wall Street Journal & Breaking News, Business, Financial and Economic News, World News and Video". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  4. "Management". KB Home. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  5. The 50 Most Powerful People in Real Estate 2010: Jeffrey T. Mezger, BusinessWeek
  6. "Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics Policy Advisory Board" (PDF). Berkeley.edu. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  7. "BUILDER MAGAZINE HONORS JEFF MEZGER AS CEO OF THE YEAR", May 20, 2010
  8. Jena McGregor (2021-12-05) [2017-09-22]. "The unusual way KB Home punished its CEO for screaming profanities at Kathy Griffin". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
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