Robert Friedland President, NAI Friedland Realty, Inc.
Name: Robert Friedland
Title: President
Company: NAI Friedland Realty, Inc.
Location: 656 Central Park Ave., Yonkers, N.Y. 10526
Birthplace: New York
College: Bard College, BA in Physics; Adelphi University, MBA
First job outside of real estate: General Precision Laboratories, Pleasantville, N.Y.
First job in real estate or allied field: R.B. Miller Organization
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? I founded NAI Friedland Realty in 1970. We are a dominant force in commercial real estate in the New York metro area. We are a member of the NAI group of companies, a nationwide network of premier real estate firms. Today, I am involved in five businesses: NAI Friedland Realty, Westrock Development, Shleppers Moving and Storage, and Kia of Old Saybrook, a dealership in Old Saybrook, Conn. I am also the owner and chairman of Sensible Car Loans, a bank that lends money to customers to finance the purchase of used cars. I am also in the process of building a desalinization plant in Israel.
Hobbies: Tennis, chess, woodworking and piano.
Key to success: Ambition and drive
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