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Posted: May 25, 2010
Scott Burman 2010
Name: Scott Burman
Title: Principal/Partner
Company: Paramount Realty USA/The Engel Burman Group
Location: New York, N.Y./Garden City, N.Y.
Birthplace and date: Nassau County, N.Y., Dec. 3, 1978
Family: Wife, Bianca, and 2 children: Isla, 3, and Brent, 1
College: New York University Stern School of Business
First job outside of real estate: Summer internship at DLJ (now Credit Suisse)
First job in real estate or allied field: I was a laborer, knocking down walls and ripping up carpet in my family's buildings.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? I am a Long Island-based real estate investor/developer and also a partner in a real estate auction company.
Hobbies: Triathlon and skiing
Favorite book: "Outliers"
Favorite movie: "Scent of a Woman"
Person you admire most (outside of family): The brave soldiers who risk their own lives to defend our freedom
Keys to success: Hard work, determination, intelligence and foresight
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? An Alaskan heli-ski guide
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