Name: Matthew McDonough III
Title: President
Company: McDonough Realty Services, Inc.
Location: Chicopee, Mass.
Birthplace and year: Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1951
Family: Wife, 3 children, 1 in college, 2 in high school
College: Fordham University
First job outside of real estate: The usual: paper route, dishwasher, mow lawns, etc. After college, worked for an engineering testing company.
First job in real estate or allied field: Project manager, City of New York Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Focus is now primarily on development and management with an ancillary brokerage activity.
Hobbies: Reading and playing golf (badly) and general socializing
Favorite book: "All the King's Men"
Persons you admire most (outside of family): I have been fortunate to have a number of close friends and partners who have helped me throughout life.
Keys to success: Diligence and honesty
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Investment banking