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REAL ESTATE: MICHAEL MUGEL

FOUNDER, CEO, RED MOUNTAIN GROUP

WHY: Founded private Santa Ana redevelopment firm that counts a portfolio of retail properties running more than 4.7M square feet across 18 states.

IN THE NEWS: Ended 2021 by buying and selling area properties in deals totaling nearly $60M, including a $25M acquisition of the Buena Park Marketplace and the $33.5M sale of
Katella Gateway in Garden Grove.

NOTABLE: Started company in 1991 with a distressed shopping center acquisition in
Mesa, Ariz. Portfolio includes about a dozen local properties.

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