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"We are at a unique moment in the history of our two countries in which it is especially important to build bridges between them in business and law. And in each country, the legal system provides a unique framework within which business can flourish."
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean of the School of Law
at UC Irvine

John S. Long, Founder and CEO, Highridge Partners

John S. Long is the founder and chief executive officer of Highridge Partners, a diversified investment company specializing in identifying, providing capital to, and managing undervalued assets and corporate opportunities related to real estate. Since its inception in 1978, Highridge has acquired, developed, managed, owned and sold over $7.5 billion of commercial and residential real estate assets on a global basis. Mr. Long is also the co-founder, along with Oscar De La Hoya, of Golden Boy Partners, a real estate development company focused on urban communities. Mr. Long is recognized industry-wide for developing a multi-disciplinary analytical approach, an interactive management style, and the ability to anticipate market movements to create opportunistic investment strategies.

Working in an industry that is resistant to change, Mr. Long has also sought to encourage the intellectual power of academics to pursue research and industry initiatives that would lead to redefining the role of real estate in the 21st century. To further this effort, in 2000, Mr. Long created the Ziman Center for Real Estate at UCLA, and serves as its Founding Chairman.

In 2010 Mr. Long expanded his focus onto global business relations, research, and education by founding the Long U.S.- China Institute for Business and Law at the University of California at Irvine. The Long Institute will undertake current and relevant issues of business and law between these two economic super powers of the 21st century. The Long Institute will create a bilateral, open, and public platform from which Chinese and American scholars, industry leaders, policy makers and practitioners can share ideas and nurture a broader understanding of business, legal and socio-economic issues.

Mr. Long graduated with honors from UCLA, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, and earned his Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School. He serves on the UCLA Foundation Board of Governors as well as the Anderson School of Management Board of Visitors. He is also a member of the Los Angeles Steering Committee of the Urban Land Institute and the Advisory Board of the Asia Society of Southern California.