A civil engineer by training and an entrepreneur at heart, Emile Haddad has spent his career working to improve the built environment. Fresh out of college, he started a business weatherproofing Beirut’s concrete buildings. After coming to the USA at age 27, he worked his way up in the housing industry, eventually becoming Lennar’s Chief Investment Officer. Today, as CEO of Irvine, CA-based Five Point Holdings, he manages a firm that has four significant master-planned communities under development.