Professional Profile: David Eyzenberg 2017
Name: David Eyzenberg
Title: CEO
Company: Eyzenberg & Company
Location: 1177 6th Ave., New York, N.Y.
Birthplace: Uzbekistan
Family: Married, three sons and one princess
College: M.S. in real estate from NYU Schack, B.S. from NYU
First job unrelated to your current field: My parents’ grocery store from 4th grade until college.
First job in current field: Residential broker
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Eyzenberg & Company is a real estate investment bank with core competencies in arranging debt, preferred equity and mezzanine loans, and joint venture equity for existing, transitional and to-be-built projects. We’re also one of the foremost experts in bifurcating/financing ground leases and leasehold interests. We plan to expand our NYC base and establish beachheads in other key markets.
Hobbies: Vee Arnis Ju-Jitsu (third-degree black belt)
Favorite novel: “The Hobbit” by J.R.R Tolkien
Favorite film: “Strange Days”
Keys to success: Perseverance, consistency and honesty
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Larry Fiedler, one of my professors at NYU Schack. With his encouragement, I became an adjunct professor in the MS program in 2005.
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Martial arts instructor for kids