Rex E. Jensen
President & CEO, Schroeder-Manatee Ranch, Lakewood Ranch
Schroeder-Manatee Ranch is the steward of a 50-square-mile property off I-75 in Sarasota and Manatee counties. The century-old company’s master-planned Lakewood Ranch community — which boasts 40,000 residents, 18,000 on-site jobs, seven golf courses and hundreds of miles of trails — occupies 45 of those miles. The company employs 350 and operates as a diversified business enterprise with activities ranging from agriculture and mining to real estate and habitat management.
| EDUCATION | Michigan State University (BS), University of Michigan (JD) |
| SOMETHING SURPRISING | I hate publicity. |
| NEW HOBBY | Stepping up my woodworking to fine furniture |
| ADMIRES | Jeff Vinik — his strong sense of civic engagement and wiliness to take on big new challenges |
| SABBATICAL TOPIC | Either woodworking or blade smithing |
| READING | Open and Shut, by David Rosenfelt |