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Jeffrey T. Mezger is an American businessman. He serves as the president and chief executive officer of KB Home.
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Early life
Jeffrey Mezger was born in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from DePauw University with a bachelor of science in economics in 1977.
Career
He joined KB Home in 1993. From 1999 to 2006, he served as chief operating officer and executive vice president of KB Home. He served as president and CEO from 2006-2017.
He sits on the board of directors of Builder homesite and on the High Production Builders Council of the National Association of Home Builders. He also serves on the executive board of the Lusk Center for Real Estate at the University of Southern California and on the policy advisory board of the Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.
In 2010, Builder Magazine honored Mezger with its "CEO of the Year" award.
In late September of 2017 he was recorded multiple times yelling derogatory terms at and threatening his neighbor, Kathy Griffin, with "war". KB Home fined him 25% of his yearly bonus and put him on notice of termination if any further incidents occur.