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John Kite is President and Chief Executive Officer of Kite Realty Group. Kite Realty Group is a full service vertically integrated real estate investment trust focused primarily on the development ownership and operation of high quality neighborhood and community shopping centers in select markets in the United States. Kite Realty Group is a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange with approximately $1 billion of total market capitalization. Mr. Kite is responsible for the strategic direction and operating results of the company. He serves as the head of the company’s capital allocation committee which is responsible for major capital transactions.
Mr. Kite led the senior management team in structuring the company’s $240 million initial public offering in August of 2004 and its secondary public offering of $150 million in October of 2005.
Prior to becoming Chief Executive Officer Mr. Kite was President of Kite Companies from 1997–2004. In 1994 Mr. Kite was named President of KMI Realty Advisors an affiliate of the Kite Companies. KMI Realty Advisors is a full service SEC registered real estate advisory firm. Mr. Kite joined the Kite organization as Chief Financial Officer of Kite Development in 1990. Mr. Kite was a Business Development Officer in the Commercial Lending Department of Harris Trust and Savings Bank in Chicago IL from 1987-1990. Mr. Kite graduated from DePauw University with a BA in Economics in 1987. | 