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Enzo Gagliardi - Founder / CEO
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Born in Saracena, Italy, Enzo is a self-made businessman. He started his professional career in France in 1980 in a construction company as a laborer. Enzo made his first real estate investment in 1981 using his savings from his hourly pay. After obtaining financial independence in 1988, Enzo became and remained self-employed ever since.
Specializing in the purchase of bankrupt companies, Enzo owned, managed, restructured and sold with substantial profit several
companies in various fields of the industry in Northern Europe. Companies included a brewery, a business in the metals industry, a site work development company, and a stone and marble company and employed more than 1200 workers.
As he kept making profit through the years with these businesses, he reinvested every penny he made and dedicated himself to the growth of his real estate assets. His European portfolio is today made of single-family residences, office, retail and apartments buildings. This portfolio is maintained and developed by his in-house construction, development and management divisions.
He moved in Florida in 2000. His first real estate investment was the management of condo units in the Westin Innisbrook Resort of Palm Harbor, FL. The business was sold in 2001 at the start of the Homewood Suites by Hilton project in Sarasota, FL.
The project team was awarded the Best Conversion of the Year during Hilton's conference in Las Vegas in Feb. 2005. The developer also received an award from the City of Sarasota and Sarasota County for "Making Sarasota More Beautiful". |
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Eric Collin - Vice President
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Eric is the Executive Vice President of the group. He oversees the real estate acquisitions, development, sales and construction departments of the group and reports to the President and the Board of Directors. Eric moved from France in 2001 after attending the prestigious Espeme Business School in Nice.
Eric first oversaw the property management department of the group and worked in cooperation with Enzo Gagliardi, President of Finergy to triple the revenues of the Westin Innisbrook Resort (Palm Harbor, FL) Units under their management.
Eric was the project manager for the Merca Real Estate, LLC, handling the successful conversion of a 7 year old, bankrupt, incomplete, abandoned Assisted Living Facility into the Homewood Suites by Hilton Sarasota. This project was heavily supported
and praised by the community. The project received the award for Best Conversion of the Year during the 2005 Hilton's Conference in Las Vegas, as well as the 2005 Sarasota Beautification Award and GE Finance Project Award.
He since holds his position as Executive Vice President of the group and is looking forward to the successful completion of a more than $235,000,000 project development pipeline. Eric is an active member of the local community. He is a Trustee Member of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce and a Downtown Champion Member of the Sarasota Downtown Partnership. Eric was the youngest individual to become a Florida State Certified General Contractor. |
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Dominique Marcadé
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Dominique started his entrepreneur career at the age of 21 by opening his first men clothing retail store in Le Mans, France. He rapidly expands his operations and create his own brand, Brice and becomes at the head of a nationwide retail chain with a vertical integration model: he will be one of the first retailer to control all the steps from the purchasing, manufacturing to the distribution. His model allows him a significant reduction of the cost and creates a tremendous value
for high volume and quality.
His vision will allow him to create in 30 year and retail chain of more than 230 stores and more than 400 million euros in sales in 4 European countries. He will resale the chain to the group Mulliez on 2003, ensuring that his vision and values will carry through for many years to come.
A true entrepreneur he did not stop since to invest and partner in other projects. He his passionate about sharing his know-how and his experience but he also brings his passion that allowed him to succeed.
He is invested in many different companies, from medical to new technologies or green product lines.
Aside from his entrepreneurial experience he also developed a large portfolio of commercial real estate. His participation in Finergy is the merger of his passion for innovative entrepreneurship and the development of solid real estate assets. |
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Gonzague Dubois
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CEO of Castorama International Group since 1974. This company started in 1969 with 1 store in France and had in 2004 several brand names with sales up to 9.5 billions euros and 45,000 employees.
After the resale of Castorama to Kingfisher in 2002, he became active in office and retail development projects. Today, he leads one of the largest privately held development group of Northern Europe. |
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Jean-Pierre Dufour
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CFO of Castorama International Group and Brico Depot (Home improvement chain stores) for 22 years. |
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