Name: Michael Rudder
Title: Principal
Company: Rudder Property Group
Location: New York, N.Y. (I live in Noho and work in Soho.)
Birthplace: South Orange, N.J.
Family: Single
College: Ithaca College
First job outside of real estate: Bicycle salesperson at age 12
First job in real estate or allied field: Industrial property leasing in Denver, Col.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? We are New York's office condominium specialists. We plan to continue to meet the strong demand for office ownership by bringing new office condominium projects to the New York market.
Hobbies: Music, bicycling and snowboarding
Favorite book: "Made in America," the autobiography of Sam Walton. It is an amazing success story.
Favorite movie: "Point Break"
Person you admire most (outside of family): I'm a big fan of Michael Bloomberg.
Keys to success: "The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people" - Theodore Roosevelt
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Despite populist rage, I imagine I'd work in the financial services industry. Tags: