Profile: Michael Rudder, YM/WREA Treasurer
March 19, 2010 - Brokerage
Name: Michael Rudder
Title: Director of Office Leasing and Sales
Company: Time Equities, Inc.
Birthplace and date: South Orange, N.J., May 13, 1978
Family: Single
College: Ithaca College
First job in real estate or allied field: I worked in Denver, Colo., for an industrial real estate company.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? I now work on the acquisitions, management, leasing and sales of office condominium buildings in Manhattan. I plan to continue to expand our specialty in office condominiums and continue to acquire additional office buildings.
Hobbies: Biking, snowboarding, art and music
Favorite book: "Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist" by Roger Lowenstein
Favorite movie: "Basquiat." Directed by Julian Schnabel. Also, "The Godfather II." There are live lessons to be learned from that movie.
Person you admire most (outside of family): My boss, Francis Greenburger
Key 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? I think that I would enjoy many different businesses, from being a doctor, to a restaurant owner, to owning a gallery.