Neil Merin

CHAIRMAN, NAI/MERIN HUNTER CODMAN, WEST PALM BEACH

Originally founded by Merin in 1983, NAI/Merin Hunter Codman is the largest privately held commercial real estate firm in Palm Beach County. Its 125 employees provide property management and brokerage services to a portfolio of properties valued at more than $2 billion. They also contribute more than 3,000 hours of work to nonprofit entities in the company’s service area. Merin has served on the boards of numerous nonprofit organizations, including the Chamber of the Palm Beaches, the Economic Council of Palm Beach County, and the Anti-Defamation League of Palm Beach. 

EDUCATION: Boston University (BS)

IF I WERE GOVERNOR: I’d fix the insurance crisis!

READING: The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair

INSPIRING FLORIDIAN: Henry Flagler. Without him there would not be Miami or Palm Beach, nor most of the East Coast of Florida as we know it today.

MOTIVATIONAL MANTRA: Believe in what you are doing and do what you believe in.

WHAT I’VE LEARNED: There is no way you can be successful without caring for others as much or more than you care for yourself.

MENTOR
“My father, who told me to never sell something, just provide people the opportunity to buy it from you.”