William Norton
Title: President
Company: Norton Asset Management, Inc.
Location: 340 Commercial Street, Manchester, NH 03101
Place of birth and year: Boston, MA 1950
Family: Wife, Helen; daughter Emily 21 and son Tim 18
College: Harvard College, BS; Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte, MA Geography; Southern New Hampshire Univ., MBA
First job unrelated to real estate: Residential construction
First job in real estate or allied field: Real estate sales, facilities manager
What your company does now and its plans for the future?: We balance an active commercial real estate advisory practice (rent a real estate department) with a strong brokerage and development function.
Hobbies: Golf, reading, and cross country skiing
Favorite novel: "Somewhere In Ireland a Village Is Missing an Idiot" D. Flaherty
Favorite film: The Gods Must Be Crazy
Keys to success: Hard work, hard work, and more hard work
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Thomas Jefferson
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be?: Golf course architect