Name: Timour Shafran
Title: Managing Partner
Company: Citicore
Location: New York, NY
Birthplace: New York, NY
Family: Married with two young children
College: CW Post
First job outside of real estate: Bartender
First job in real estate or allied field: Citicore, when it was originally opened by my father in the late 70's through early 80's
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? As managing partner at Citicore, a full-service investment property sales firm specializing in the NY Metro area, I broker and oversee the brokerage of investment grade properties...As for the future, I'm bent on world domination.
Hobbies: Off-road driving and all kinds of music
Favorite book: "The Painted Bird" by Jerzy Kosinski
Favorite movie: "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Keys to success: An unreal amount of tenacity.
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Any immigrant who comes to this country with nothing and makes a success of themselves, proving the American Dream lives on.
If you had to choose another vocation, what would it be? Staycationing bartender at a beach resort!
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