Ned Mansour

The Ryland Group, Inc. engages in homebuilding and provision of mortgage-related financial services. It operates through the following segments: Homebuilding, Financial Services, and Corporate. The Homebuilding segment includes the sale and construction of single-family attached and detached housing, town homes, and condominiums. Its four geographically-determined Homebuilding Regions include North, Southeast, Texas, and West. The Financial Services segment includes loan origination and mortgage, title, escrow and insurance services to its homebuyers. The Corporate segment is a non-operating business unit segment whose purpose is to support operations. The company was founded by James P. Ryan and Robert J. Gaw in 1967 and is headquartered in Westlake Village, CA.

Blue Nile, Inc. engages in the retail of diamonds and fine jewellery. Its merchandise consists of engagement and non-engagement products. The engagement product category includes gold or platinum engagement rings with a diamond centre stone and loose diamonds. The non-engagement product category includes rings, wedding bands, earrings, necklaces, pendants, bracelets, gifts, and accessories containing precious metals, diamonds, and gemstones or pearls. The company was founded by Ben Elowitz, Mark C. Vadon and Anne Raimondi in 1999 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.