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Posted: April 21, 2014
Professional Profile: Nick Romito, 2014
Name: Nick Romito
Title: Founder & CEO
Company: View The Space (VTS)
Location: Headquartered in New York City
Birthplace: Toms River, NJ
Education: Berkeley College
First job outside of real estate: Marketing
First job in real estate or allied field: Broker at Murray Hill Properties
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? I'm lucky enough to run the most innovative technology company in commercial real estate. Our future involves transforming the way brokers and owners look at leasing data by streamlining their entire process.
How do you unwind from a busy day in real estate? Go for a surf after work or open a bottle of wine and cook a nice meal for my beautiful wife.
Favorite book or author: Sun Tzu "The Art of War'
Favorite movie: Rocky
Last song you purchased/downloaded? Bruce Springsteen "High Hopes"
One word to describe your work environment: Creative
Rules to live by in business: Work like someone is working 24 hours a day to take everything you have away from you
What is your dream job? The one I have.
If you could invite one person to dinner (living or dead) who would it be and where would you go? Tough question, and there's a lot of people on that list. Today it feels like it would be Bruce Lee. We'd grab some Italian food.
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