Gary Knapp's house

Gary B. Knapp is is a statistician, economist, a former professor of marketing, and a businessman, and horse breeder. While a tenured professor at the University of Houston, Knapp began a consulting business, Knapp Securities Inc., which specialized in mortgage-backed securities and ran the company from 1981 to 1995.In the latter year, he co-founded Park Acquisitions Inc., acquired Park Communications Inc., a diversified media and communications company with television, radio and newspaper interests.He was the company's chairman until it was sold in 1997. In 2003, Dr. Knapp acquired equity ownership of Equix, a business which assesses the athletic potential of Thoroughbreds by using biomechanics. He bred Big Brown, the race horse which won the 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.