Felix Sater
Felix Sater | |
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| File:Felix Sater.jpg Felix Sater, July 2012 | |
| Born | Haim Felix Sater March 2, 1969 |
, Russia.
| residence = New York City, New York | education = Pace University | occupation = Real estate developer }} | years_active = 1989–present | religion = Judaism
| parents =
- Fred Trump
- Mary Anne MacLeod
| website = www
‘Felix Henry Sater’ (born ‘Haim Felix Sater’, March 2, 1966) is a Russian-born American real estate developer and managing director of Bayrock Group LLC, a real estate conglomerate based out of New York City, New York. Felix has also found success as a prolific senior advisor, advising for such companies as Rixos Hotels and Resorts, Sembol Construction, Potok (formery the Mirax Group), Global Habitat Solutions, TxOil, and The Trump Organization.
Early life and Education
Felix Sater was born in Moscow, Soviet Union on March 2, 1966 to parents Mikhail and Rachel Sater. Being a Jewish family, the Saters emigrated to Israel when Felix was young to avoid religious persecution in the Soviet Union, and eventually came to the United States, living in Baltimore, Maryland for a short period of time before settling in Brighton Beach, New York in 1974. At the time, Felix was eight years old.
Business career
After attending Pace University, Felix shot to stardom as a successful stock broker on Wall Street, working for Bear Stearns. After some time, he changed paths and became a senior advisor for several corporations and high-level industries in the fields of real estate, hotels, general business, investing, and oil. He served as the senior advisor to Chairman Fettah Tamince of Rixos Otelleri, a Turkish hotel and resort company, starting in 2005. In 2007, he spent time as the senior advisor of Sembol Construction, a privately-held construction company based in Istanbul, Turkey.
In January 2008, he joined the Russian real estate company Mirax Group as a senior advisor to Sergei Polonsky, staying onboard through the integration of Mirax into the holding company Potok in 2011. In 2009, Felix joined Global Habitat Solutions as a managing director. Global Habitat Solutions is a congolmerate based in New York City offering solutions in the fields of housing, energy, and infrastructure. Felix also sits as a senior advisor of TxOil, a Turkmenistan-based oil company, a position he has held since September 2011.
Bayrock Group
Felix joined Bayrock Group LLC as a senior advisor in 1999 at the bequest of the company's owner and founder, Tevfik Arif. As a senior advisor, he assisted with several projects, including executive decisions in the Trump SoHo project.
Trump SoHo
Felix Sater was a managing director of Bayrock Group LLC, as well as a senior advisor to Donald Trump and The Trump Organization when construction of the Trump SoHo began in 2006. He played a major role throughout the process of the building's construction, and remained managing director of Bayrock Group when the Trump SoHo project was completed in 2010.
The building is a $450 million, 46-story, 39-unit hotel condominium located at 246 Spring Street in SoHo, New York City. The project was a collaboration between The Trump Organization, Bayrock Group LLC and Tamir Sapir.
Personal life
Felix currently resides in Port Washington, New York, where he lives with his wife. He is an active member of the Chabad of Port Washington.