Raymond Gellein

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide LLC engages in the ownership and operation of hotels and resorts. It also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., which provides vacation experiences through villa-style resorts. The firm operates hotel business in three separate hotel segments: the Americas, EAME and Asia Pacific. Each hotel segment owns and leases hotels and resorts operated primarily under their proprietary brand names includes St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, W, Westin, Le Méridien, Sheraton, Four Points by Sheraton, Aloft and Element. The company was founded by Barry Stuart Sternlicht in 1995 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. owns and manages hotels and resorts. It has multi-purpose meeting and banqueting space and multiple revenue streams such as wine and cocktail bars, high-end spas and desirable retail offerings. The company was founded by Laurence Stephen Geller in 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The Mind & Life Institute provides social services. The company was founded in 1987 by Adam Engle, Tenzin Gyatso, and Francisco J. Varela and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

Hypur Ventures (Hypur Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Steven A. Van Dyke, Christopher E. Galvin and Scott Sozio. The firm is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.