BRUGNARA CORPORATION

Brugnara Corporation is a commercial real estate investment and development company established in 1992 by Luke Brugnara in San Francisco. Brugnara Corporation also owns valuable fine art and California water rights.

Brugnara Corporation has completed over $3 billion dollars of commercial real estate investments and developments in San Francisco and the Las Vegas Strip, including a dozen high-rise office buildings in downtown San Francisco, and casinos and shopping centers on the Las Vegas Strip.

Brugnara Corporation's San Francisco high rise office purchases include: 939 Market Street (Kress Building), 814 Mission Street (Bulletin Building), 171 Second Street (Westinghouse Electric Building), 735 Market Street (Fritz Plaza), 450 Pacific Avenue, 140 Sansome Street, 201 Sansome Street (Royal Insurance Building), 351 California Street (Brugnara Corporation Building), 490 Post Street (Medico-Dental Building) and 520 Mason Street.

Brugnara Corporation's Las Vegas Strip purchases and developments include: Silver City Casino, Desert Inn Casino, Silver City Shopping Plaza and Las Vegas Strip Shopping Plaza.

Brugnara Corporation also owns and controls over 26,000 acre-feet of California pre-1914 appropriated water rights, which serve Santa Clara County and Monterey County (Brugnara Dam and Watershed).

Brugnara Corporation owns a significant fine art collection; including old masters: Raphael, Caravaggio, Da Vinci, Del Sarto, Titian and Rubens; modern and impressionists: Picasso, Van Dogen, Soutine, Monet, Degas and Cezzane; contemporary: Pollock, Warhol, Lichtenstein, de Kooning, Helnwein and Ramos.

Brugnara Corporation's Leonardo Da Vinci, "Christ Carrying the Cross" (c.1500), was featured on a Forbes Magazine cover article on December 2003 and is valued at $1 billion.

LUKE BRUGNARA

Forbes

Luke Brugnara — Forbes Magazine Feature

“DaVinci’s Fingerprints” · December 22, 2003

Artwork discussed in the Forbes article DaVinci's Fingerprints — Artwork discussed in Forbes — “DaVinci’s Fingerprints”

Luke Brugnara is the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Brugnara Corporation.

Luke is a fourth generation San Franciscan, growing up in the Sunset District, attending Holy Name Grammar School. Luke set the American Casting Association’s national fly-casting accuracy record during his teenage years by earning a perfect score of 100 in the fly accuracy event, a record that still stands today.

Luke attended San Diego State University and graduated with degrees in Speech Communication and Finance (1988). Luke ran track at San Diego State, winning the 400 meters in the Western Athletic Conference (Div.I) in 1987 with a time of 46.80.

Luke attended San Francisco Law School (1988-1989) after graduating from San Diego State. Luke worked as an investment banker for 2 years after Law School, than formed Brugnara Corporation in 1992.

Luke is married to Kay, whom he met at San Diego State and married in 1990. They have four children: Luke II, Vincent, Lauren and Brianna.

Luke purchased his Sea Cliff estate from Cheech Marin in 2000.

Luke and his family have lived in Sea Cliff for the past 21 years and Las Vegas. Luke leased his 25,000 sq. ft. Las Vegas mansion to Michael Jackson in 2008 for $1 miilion dollars for six months. Luke's house was the largest home in Las Vegas at that time.

Luke is a benefactor of many charitable causes including: Catholic Charities, AIDS Foundation, Tuberculosis Clinic, Homeless Coalition, Habitat for Humanity and Rainforest Coalition. Luke offered the San Francisco Archdiocese $3.5 million dollars in 2004 to save St. Brigid Church from secularization.

Civic leaders related to Luke include: Uncle Angus Morrison, CA Attorney General (1960s) , Uncle Tony Ribera, SF Chief of Police (1990s) and Alexander Morrison, founder of venerable law firm Morrison and Foerster, who was a SF civic luminary and judge.

Luke's interests include: spending time with his family, walks in Golden Gate Park, museums, playing the piano, writing, eating good food and learning new ideas from people.