Michael Stallone 2010
September 13, 2010 - Brokerage
Name: Michael Stallone
Title: Lead Audit Partner, Executive Committee
Company: Eisner & Lubin, LLP
Location: 444 Madison Ave., 11th Fl., New York, NY 10022
Birthplace and date: Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 6, 1963
Family: Married: Wife, Paulette and 2 children: Nicole (21) and Mike (18)
College: Baruch College, BBA
First job outside of real estate: I have been with Eisner & Lubin my entire career and consider myself fortunate to have been able to grow up with the firm.
First job in real estate or allied field: At Eisner & Lubin, one of my first clients was a real estate owner with several properties. He helped me to understand the industry. With this knowledge, I have been able to grow the firm's real estate practice and today, approximately 75% of my client base is within the real estate industry.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Having been able to grow our specialization in this area, plans for the future include helping these clients, many of whom were individual clients and now own major companies, continue to expand. As a trusted advisor to our clients, we are identifying other ways to present value to the people we serve and are proactively seeking new service offerings to support the changing needs brought upon by the market.
Hobbies: Fitness, travel
Favorite book: "The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" by Malcolm Gladwell
Favorite movie: "The Godfather"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Jack Welch: I appreciate his concept of winning and giving back to society.
Keys to success: Hard work, dedication, open-mindedness and integrity
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Professional services are in my blood. If I were not an accountant, I would probably have been a lawyer - or my secret dream as a child was to be an FBI agent.