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53

Birthday

January 1

 

About Me

Real estate developer. Experienced investor.

As a child, growing up in Detroit, MI, learned computers and excelled in math at an early age. Aspired to be an architect and worked part-time in the family real estate business. However, in college, turned focus towards finance. After graduate school, went to Wall Street as an investment banker. Initial career focus was real estate finance, then became a hedge fund manager. Invested primarily in public companies, across a wide range of industries, especially technology. Also took selected equity positions in private companies. After a successful career, left money management to return to real estate.

Married with 5 children.

Active in various charitable organizations, such as Community Learning Center, Clearwater, FL (Chairman of the Board); New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Fund, New York, NY (Former Chairman); Vail Film Festival, Vail, CO (Advisory Board); Clearwater Academy International, Clearwater, FL (Advisory Board).



CAREER HISTORY

Triangle Development Company LLC, Clearwater, FL
Jan 2005-current
Manager, Chief Executive Officer
·Co-founded the firm
·Lead investor
·Developer of Island View Condominiums (a $275 million project in downtown Clearwater, currently under development)

Monitor Asset Management, Cambridge, MA and Clearwater, FL
Jan 2002 – Dec 2004
Chairman, Chief Investment Officer
·Co-founded the firm
·Asset Management affiliate of the Monitor Company Group, a leading strategic consulting, with over 1,000 professional in 30 offices around the world.

Bulldog Capital Management, Clearwater, FL
Jun 1992 – Dec 2004
Chairman, Chief Investment Officer
·Founded the firm
·One of the best performing equity hedge fund groups of the 1990s, and one of the largest hedge funds and most active technology investors in the southeastern US (with peak assets under management over $1 billion).

Feshbach Brothers, Palo Alto, CA and Clearwater, FL
Jul 1987 – May 1992
Research Analyst, Limited Partner
·The firm was a pioneer in the hedge fund industry, known for its diligent research and short-selling expertise.
·Responsible for a number of industry sectors, including banking, insurance and real estate.

Drexel Burnham Lambert, New York, NY
Sep 1986-Jun 1987
Associate, Corporate Finance: Real Estate
·Member of the real estate finance team under Richard Frary.

Goldman Sachs, New York, NY
Sep 1983- Aug 1986
Associate, Real Estate Finance
·Member of the real estate finance team under Dan Neidich.



EDUCATION

M.B.A., Harvard Business School
May 1983

J.D., Harvard Law School
May 1983

A.B, Magna Cum Laude, Economics & Political Science, Yale College
May 1979

High School: Detroit Country Day School, Birmingham MI
1975, with Honors

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People often ask me how I got interested in managing money. I have discussed this topic with many other friends in Wall Street and it seems we all had a knack for business at young ages. Even though, technically, my resume starts at Yale, I did have many previous so called "careers". One was as a candy trader, when I was twelve. My mother, some friends and I were reminiscing recently. Since my Mom Shirley likes to tell childhood stories of her kids and I am the baby, she has a ton about me. One day she got a call from my principal asking her to some into school. In 6th grade, I switched from public school (in the city, Detroit) to private school (in the suburbs). I still lived near my old school by a specialty candy store that my new friends couldn't get a hold of. At our synagogue I was attending Hebrew classes preparing for my Bar Mitzvah where they had the best candy wrapped in foil that was in the shape of a coin. My friends really went nuts about that Israeli gum. I started to resell the gum I bought in bulk to my friends; in fact I was buying their entire stock at the synagogue. Most of my capital needs were funded by my friends since I demanded payment in advance. I provided delivery, outside of class and homeroom and a broad selection of candy. Soon, my business selling candy grew rapidly. I was raking in the profits, until the principal realized something was going in his school, and my mom got a call to come see him. I did get the message. I sold the rest of my inventory at low prices to my friends shortly after. That was the end of my business venture, but it was the start of me analyzing supply and demand in the marketplace, looking for ways to profit from market conditions, and knowing when to take profits and move on. It is interesting to see how people get their start in their career choices. I go over some other influences in my life in my Ron Pollack blogs.

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