Gerald "Jerry" Kelly Realtor and President Coldwell Banker Commercial Meridian and Gerald Kelly Capital Corp.
June 6, 2008 - Spotlight Content
Name: Gerald Kelly
Title: Realtor and President
Company: Coldwell Banker Commercial Meridian and Gerald Kelly Capital Corp.
Location: Amherst, N.Y.
Birthplace: Washington, D.C.
Family: Wife, Barbara, and son, Jason
College: Pomona College (BA), Syracuse University (MPA), University at Buffalo (MBA)
First job outside of real estate: Supermarket "bagger" at Stater Bros. (got fired)
First job in real estate or allied field: HUD urban renewal representative in anthracite Pennsylvania
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future: Commercial real estate brokerage (Coldwell Banker) and real estate financing/investing (Gerald Kelly Capital)
Hobbies: "Tennis and skiing
Favorite book: "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Favorite movie: "Hoosiers"
Persons you admire most (outside of family): Barack Obama and high school football coach (won California Interscholastic Championship)
Key to success: "Learn the course and stay the course"
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be: Management accounting