William Bone

William Bone founded Sunrise Company in 1962 and is Chairman of the Board of Sunrise Company. He is a nationally recognized expert in resort residential, hotel and recreation development having developed 12 country club communities, built over 20 golf courses, constructed more than 15,000 homes, built two resort hotels and developed numerous office buildings, shopping centers and commercial hotels. He is frequently sought as a speaker on how to successfully design, develop and market these types of real estate projects.

Born in Bakersfield, California, he received a B.A. in economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. He has served as a Director/Trustee of the Building Industry Association/Greater Los Angeles Chapter; Stanford Club of Los Angeles; World Vision, Inc.; Fuller Theological Seminary; Eisenhower Medical Center; Dunn School; Bighorn Research Institute; College of the Desert Endowment Campaign for Educational Excellence; Los Angeles Music Center; La Quinta Girls and Boys Club; Friends of the Bob Hope Cultural Center; Marshall Industries; Coachella Valley School District Foundation, Palm Desert Foundation; Bob Hope Chrysler Golf Classic; the University of California Riverside Foundation; Vice Chairman of the Urban Land Institute and Chairman and Founder of the Coachella Valley Friends of the University of California.