Kenneth G. Langone
Mr. Langone served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Invemed Associates LLC, a New York Stock Exchange member firm that specialized in healthcare and high technology companies, from the time he founded the firm in 1974 until he closed it in 2021. From 2011 to 2013, he served as Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of Geeknet, Inc., a retailer of a wide range of products aimed at technology enthusiasts. Mr. Langone was a co-founder, and served as a director from 1978 to 2008, of The Home Depot, Inc. Mr. Langone was a director of ChoicePoint Inc. from 2002 to 2008, Geeknet, Inc. from 2010 to 2015, General Electric Company from 1999 to 2005, and YUM! Brands, Inc. from 1997 to 2012. Mr. Langone serves on the board of trustees of New York University and on the board of overseers of New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business. Mr. Langone is also Chairman of the board of trustees of New York University Langone Health. In addition, he serves on the boards of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Harlem Children’s Zone, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
Mr. Langone brings to the Board extensive operating and management experience, financial expertise, and public company board and committee experience. In addition, Mr. Langone’s long service on the Board of Directors provides a valuable historical perspective through which the Board can contextualize and direct the Company’s performance and strategic planning.