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Posted: May 22, 2009
Highcap Group Josh Goldflam, Managing Principal
Name: Josh Goldflam
Title: Managing Principal
Company: Highcap Group
Location: 30 West 39th St., New York, NY 10018
Birthplace and year: Long Island, 1980
Family: My wife, Rachel, and my dog, Theo, residing on the Upper East Side
College: Kelly School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
First job outside of real estate: Equity Trade Support, Cantor Fitzgerald & eSpeed Inc.
First job in real estate or allied field: Investment sales broker, Besen & Associates Inc.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Currently building a boutique investment brokerage company in Manhattan and plan to grow and brand the company as far as I can take it with my partners. I see myself spending the majority of my future with this firm and would like to stay in the real estate business for the long run.
Hobbies: Chelsea Piers, adult ice hockey league, musician (guitar and bass), watching movies, reading all the NYC RE publications.
Favorite book: "The Art of the Deal"
Favorite movie: "Coming to America"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Warren Buffett
Keys to success: Persistence, creativity, passion and risk taking
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Professional ice hockey player
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