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Posted: February 20, 2009
Helena Durst Governor, Young Men's / Women's Real Estate Association
Name: Helena Durst
Title: Vice President
Company: The Durst Organization
Location: 1155 Avenue of the Americas, 9th Floor
Birthplace and year: Mt. Kisco, N.Y., 1977
Family: Single
College: Baruch College (Real Estate 2006)
First job outside of real estate: An intern at Hudson River Park Trust
First job in real estate or allied field: The Durst Organization as associate director of leasing.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Responsible for marketing and tenant relations for The Durst Organization and Durst Fetner Residential. Our portfolio consists of 13 properties, 10 million s/f of commercial/residential.
Hobbies: Yoga, Tai-chi, swimming, hiking and cross-country skiing.
Favorite book: "Invisible Man" by Ralph Waldo Ellison (1953)
Favorite movie: "Metropolis" by Fritz Lang (1927)
Person you admire most (outside of family): Michael Pollan, Barack Hussein Obama and Victoria Sammartino.
Key to success: "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." Thomas Edison (1847-1931)
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Writer or teacher.
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