Founded in 1957, KB Home is a homebuilder with domestic operating divisions in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. The company offers mortgage services to its customers through Countrywide KB Home Loans, a joint venture between KB Home and Countrywide Financial Corporation. In addition, KB Home provides homebuilding in France through its wholly owned subsidiary, Kaufman & Broad S.A. KB Home is a publicly traded company. Its shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KBH. Jeffrey T. Mezger is the president, chief executive officer and a director of the Board of KB Home. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles.