Howard M Lorber

Business Positions

Vector Group Ltd. Cigarette Liggett Group LLC and Vector Tobacco Inc.; through its New Valley subsidiary owns a 70.59% ownership interest in Douglas Elliman Realty LLC

• President (Jan '01→?)

Borders Group, Inc. An international book and music retailer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan (liquidated)

• See Remarks (Jun '10→?)

VGR Holding, Inc

• COO (Jan '01→Jan 1 '06)

New Valley LLC Real estate business; former telecommunications company

• President (Nov '94→Dec '05)

Board Memberships

United Capital Corp. Real Estate Investment and Management, Hotel Operations, and Engineered Products

• Independent Director ('91→?)

Open Acquisition Corp. A blank check company.

• Chairman

Douglas Elliman Real Estate Residential real estate company.

• Chairman ('03→?)

Real Estate Board of New York NYC real estate industry association

• member, board of governors

Borders Group, Inc. An international book and music retailer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan (liquidated)

• Board Member (Jun '10→?)

Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Investment Bank

• Vice Chairman

Prime Hospitality Corp. Hotels

• Director ('94→?)

Alpine Lace Brands, Inc. Marketing, and distribution of cheese, deli meats, and other specialty food products

• Director ('93→?)

Government Positions

Trump Economic Advisory Council Advises Trump on economic policy

• Adviser to the president

Donations

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Kathleen Rice U.S. Representative (2015-present) ; Former Nassau County District Attorney

• 5 contributions · 65,699 USD (Jul 11 '09→Jun 29 '12)

H Carl McCall Chairman, SUNY; former NYS Comptroller

• 1 contribution · 25,000 USD (Jul 11 '01)

Steve Bellone County Executive, Suffolk County

• 1 contribution · 20,000 USD (Aug 19 '11)

Cyrus Vance Jr DA of New York County

• 1 contribution · 20,000 USD (Jun 13 '11)

Todd Kaminsky Lobbyist, Greenberg Traurig; former New York State Senator

• 4 contributions · 18,600 USD (Jul 2 '14→Jul 11 '16)

Eric T Schneiderman Former New York Attorney General

• 2 contributions · 17,500 USD (Oct 12 '10→Jul 11 '13)

Tom Suozzi US Representative from New York (2017-2023); 2022 NY Governor candidate

• 1 contribution · 10,000 USD (Oct 31 '13)

Bill de Blasio Former Mayor of New York City

• 2 contributions · 9,900 USD (Oct 27 '13→Mar 17 '16)

Alan Hevesi NY State Assemblyman and Comptroller ('03-'06), banned from public office after pension scandal

• 2 contributions · 9,500 USD (Jul 9 '99→Oct 31 '02)

Andrew Cuomo former governor of New York State

• 2 contributions · 6,000 USD (Jun 23 '09→Jan 12 '10)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Trump Victory Donald Trump's Joint Fundraising Committee C00618389

• 1 contribution · 100,000 USD (Jun 10 '19)

Republican National Committee U.S. political committee that leads the Republican Party of the U.S., a/k/a The Grand Ol' Party/GOP

• 2 contributions · 73,000 USD (Sep 30 '21→Apr 1 '22)

WinRed Republican Party (GOP) fundraising platform endorsed by the Republican National Committee

• 7 contributions · 69,300 USD (Jun 3 '20→Sep 30 '21)

John McCain US Senator and Representative from Arizona

• 8 contributions · 63,600 USD ('97→Mar 31 '08)

National Republican Senatorial Committee Campaign committee for Republican U.S. Senate candidates

• 2 contributions · 61,200 USD ('10→Jul 7 '11)

Romney Victory

• 1 contribution · 25,000 USD (Jul 2 '12)

Marco Rubio Secretary of State. former US Senator from Florida; 2016 GOP presidential primary candidate

• 1 contribution · 20,800 USD (Dec 22 '21)

Rubio Victory Cmte

• 1 contribution · 20,800 USD (Dec 22 '21)

The Victory Club

• 3 contributions · 19,600 USD (Nov 25 '19→Mar 18 '20)

Patrick Murphy Former US Representative from Florida (2013-2017)

• 7 contributions · 15,600 USD ('11→Jun 7 '16)

Memberships

Trump Transition Team Finance Committee Finance committee of Trump's transition team

• Member

Family

Celia Benrubi Matriarch of the Benrubi-Lorber family

• mother ('48→?)

Michael Lorber

• son

Thea Lorber

• wife

Schools

Long Island University

• BA

Social

Dorothy Herman Co owner, NYC real estate firm Douglas Ellman

• business partner