Name: Clayton Fowler
Title: Chairman & CEO
Company: Spinnaker Real Estate Partners LLC
Location: Norwalk, CT
Place of birth: New York, NY
Family: Married with four children
College: Princeton University
First job unrelated to your current field: Outward Bound Instructor, Hurricane Island Outward Bound School, Camden, Maine
First job in current field: Atlas Construction, Stamford, CT
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Spinnaker Real Estate Partners LLC owns, develops and manages mixed-use, commercial, and multi-family properties in Connecticut, New York, Oregon, and Missouri. Guided by a steadfast commitment to sustainable and green building, the company's urban redevelopment projects focus on creating vibrant communities that connect people, housing, business, jobs, and recreation.
Hobbies: Golf, sailing, skiing, tennis, paddle tennis, carpentry, gardening and reading.
Favorite novel: Ken Follett's "The Pillars of the Earth"
Favorite film: Mel Brooks' "The Princess Bride"
Keys to success: Focus and flexibility, but always with a smile.
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Sir Ernest Shackleton
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Oceanographer or maybe becoming an Outward Bound instructor again.