Co-Founder

W. Brian Maillian is the Co-Founder, Vice Chairman and President of BJE LLC. Mr. Maillian directs the day to day operations of BJE LLC and The Beverly Johnson Luxurious Lifestyle Brand. BJE is a consumer brand company to market, brand and sale products under The Beverly Johnson Luxurious Lifestyle Brand that represents the “highest quality” luxurious products in Media, Fashion, Beauty, Cosmetics and more to the global Multi Cultural market.

Also, Mr. Maillian is Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Whitestone Global Partners LLC (“Whitestone”). Whitestone is a Private Equity and Hedge Fund firm focusing on distressed residential assets, Global Capital Markets and Alternative Investments since 1993. Whitestone’s clients have included the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), the Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”), Fannie Mae, U. S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”), the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”), General Services Administration (“GSA”) and private sector clients. Mr. Maillian is a senior executive with over 40 years of business experience from Silicon Valley to Wall Street.

In February 2011, SBA Administrator Karen Mills appointed Mr. Maillian to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Region II Regulatory Fairness Board. Mr. Maillian was a member of the Board of Trustees of Continuum Health Partners, Inc., which was a $2.5 billion New York City hospital holding company and was one of the largest private hospital systems in the country. Continuum merged into Mount Sinai Hospital in 2012. Mr. Maillian is a member of the Board of Directors of the Barbara Sinatra Children Center for Abused Children.

Mr. Maillian has served on the Board of Directors of Toyota Financial Savings Bank, the National Association of Securities Professionals, the National Urban League, the New York National Urban League and the Bay Area Urban League.

Mr. Maillian was elected to the Board of Directors of the University of California at Los Angeles Alumni Association and he was also elected to be Treasurer of the Board; served as Chairman of the Finance Committee; served on the Executive Committee and was a member of the Investment Committee of the UCLA Foundation.

Mr. Maillian earned his Masters of Business Administration at the University of California at Los Angeles with a concentration in Accounting and Finance and he earned a Bachelors of Arts in Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of California at Los Angeles.

He remains active in the UCLA Alumni Association. He is also a Life Member of the UCLA Alumni Association, UCLA Black Alumni Association, and UCLA Alumni Association of New York City and is a member of the Wall Street Bruins.

Mr. Maillian lives in Rancho Mirage, CA. and New York City.