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Anthony W. “Tony” Thompson, Chairman and CEO of Thompson National Properties, LLC founded Triple Net Properties, LLC in 1998 and was its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until October 2006 when he was elected Chairman of the Board of NNN Realty Advisors, Inc., Triple Net Properties’ holding company. Under Thompson’s leadership, the company raised nearly $3 billion in equity for various investment programs, including securitized 1031 tenant-in-common exchange programs, an industry Thompson pioneered. In November 2006, Thompson oversaw the sale of 33 percent of NNN Realty Advisors for $160 million to institutional investors through a 144A private equity offering by Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc.

Thompson started with four employees in 1998 and grew to more than 6,000 in December 2007 when NNN Realty Advisors completed a reverse merger with Grubb & Ellis Company. Thompson was elected Chairman of the Board of Grubb & Ellis. The new company retained the Grubb & Ellis name and continues to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "GBE." Thompson remains the second largest Grubb & Ellis stockholder.

Thompson, in early 2008, launched Thompson National Properties, providing value-added real estate investment opportunities and asset management to high net worth domestic, foreign and institutional investors.

Thompson is Chairman of the Sterling College Board of Trustees and active in various other community and charitable organizations. He is a 1969 graduate of Sterling College with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Thompson and his wife Sharon have been married for 33 years and have three daughters and three grandchildren. They enjoy travel, golf and rehabilitating unique residential properties.