Name: Laurence Ross
Title: Managing Principal
Company: Highcap Group
Location: Manhattan
Place of birth: Forest Hills, NY
Family: Married with two kids
College: University of Maryland, College Park
First job unrelated to your current field: Always real estate
First job in current field: Parke Hayden Realty
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Commercial Real Estate brokerage specializing in investment sales. Looking to add quality agents dedicated to the profession.
Hobbies: Golf, tennis, guitar, attending theater, collecting sports memorabilia and keeping fit.
Favorite novel: Any John Grisham novel
Favorite film: Anything De Niro, Pacino and Woody Allen related, especially Broadway Danny Rose.
Keys to success: Perseverance, forward thinking, going against the grain and of course a "little bit of luck."
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe, two guys who changed the course of tennis, Sting, a musical genius who switched careers to pursue his dream and Bill Gates.
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Music Industry
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