Fred Waks likes to joke that his family was so deeply enmeshed in the real estate business, they practically "threw a game of Monopoly" into his crib. Even so, he never developed a...

One of Howard Sokolowski's early jobs out of university was pretty much to do everything at a real estate project financially backed by his father.

Updated Oct. 4 with the co-chair role Hoskins and Cohen are set to assume next year.

His first jobs as a busboy at a local pizza restaurant and managing a furniture store are decades behind him, but Marcus & Millichap President and CEO Hessam Nadji's work philosoph...

Karen Weaver learned in her first job in commercial real estate that patience is a powerful tool. And that's not just for your career, it also applies to how you look at assets.

As CEO of RangeWater Real Estate, Steven Shores oversees the management of 95,000 apartment units and $6 billion in rental housing in a company he built. That's a far cry from wher...

One of the most active real estate developers in Los Angeles worked his first job at an American property that has an incalculable value: the White House. And Sean Burton says what...

They grew up together, worked alongside each other in their first jobs, and when it was time to create their own company, the Welch brothers say the shared experience helped build ...

The head of Canada's largest automotive real estate investment trust didn't even have a suit when he went looking for his first job at the height of the real estate boom. It was th...

Kevin Leon runs a real estate asset management firm with almost 10 billion Canadian dollars, but his career's building blocks might have been formed while playing with Lego blocks ...

Carlos Rodriguez Sr. was ready to do anything to fund his real estate-focused hospitality career beyond Costa Rica, even selling his children's toys.

She was an accountant in telecommunications when Jaime McKenna was drawn to real estate by the chance to get into the specific details of properties. Even if it involves bed bugs.

Bob Dhillon was looking for a way to make a living in his new country after immigrating to Canada and wanted to aim big. But that career route began with run-down houses.

You probably couldn't find a more powerful boss in a first job than the president of the United States.

Starlight Capital Chief Executive Dennis Mitchell made an important long-term career decision after mangling a knee he suffered in his first chosen career of football.

One of Toronto's most well-known hoteliers, Steve Gupta, got his start in real estate by owning a different type of business that also provides a place for weary travelers to rest ...

She is one of the most powerful people in commercial real estate in Canada, heading up a multibillion-dollar portfolio for Quebec's largest pension fund, but Nathalie Palladitcheff...

Samir Manji grew up in commercial real estate — it was the family business — but when it was time to work professionally, he knew he wanted to build his own empire.

He is the global head of real estate of Canada's largest pension fund, with more than $48.5 billion in property assets, but Peter Ballon's first job almost came down to $500.

The big break in commercial real estate for Mark Kenney, president and chief executive of Canada's largest publicly traded apartment owner, came when he picked up a brick and smash...