Mr. Ebrahimi, a United States naturalized citizen, is 65 years old, married with five children. He was born in Iran where he finished high school. Upon graduation he came to the United States for higher education. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from University of Maryland and a Masters Degree in Urban Planning from Catholic University.
In 1968 he returned to Iran and after working on several major projects he founded Gostaresh Mankan Company, which became the largest residential company in the area. The company built in excess of 8,000 homes and related infrastructures and constructed several remote townships to support the growing oil and mining industries.
In 1979 the Islamic Government confiscated the company as well as his other assets. In 1979 Mr. Ebrahimi moved permanently to the United States and took over Ersa Grae Corporation (which he had founded 2 years before) and continued with development of mixed-use residential and/or commercial projects in the United States. Since then Ersa Grae has grown rapidly with two million square feet of commercial and several thousand acres of subdivisions.
Mr. Ebrahimi has been active in various US and Iranian community affairs; served as chairman of Iranians for Release of US Hostages, is a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and a director of World Affairs Council.
