Name: Eric O'Brien
Title: President
Company: O'Brien Commercial Properties, Inc.
Location: 5 Mount Royal Ave., Marlborough, Mass.
Birthplace: Boston
Birth Date: 1964
Family: Wife Kristen; four children ages 6, 7, 9, 11
College: Bachelor of Art, concentration marketing, New England College
First job unrelated to your current field: Chore boy, Bald Mountain Camps, Rangeley, Me.
First job in current field: O'Brien & Company - I worked for my dad as a commissioned industrial real estate broker in 1988 in Hopkinton, Mass.
What your firm does now and its plans for the future: O'Brien Commercial Properties sells, leases and manages commercial and industrial property along the Rte. 495 corridor. The company will continue to grow and gain market share fostering a team environment.
Hobbies: Snow boarding, fishing, scuba, basketball, fitness
Favorite book: "Chronicles of Narnia"
Favorite movie: "Gladiator"
Person you most admire (outside of family): Ronald Reagan (politician); Robert Stubblebine (RE professional); John Eldridge (author); Jesus Christ.
Keys to success: Integrity, persistence and relationships.
If you had to choose another profession, what would it be? Christian missionary and fisherman in a tropical paradise.
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