Jim Anthony
Founder and CEO, Anthony & Co.
Biography
- Founder and CEO for Anthony & Co., in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, a commercial real estate development, investment and service company.
- Previously served as a property brokerage consultant with Grubb & Ellis in Los Angeles, winning the “Rookie of the Year” Award in 1980, before moving to Raleigh to be director of leasing and management for Carolantic Realty.
- Acquired Allentown Commercial in Durham, NC in 1998 and merged it into Anthony & Co., which also has offices in Myrtle Beach, SC; Atlanta, GA; Niagara Falls, NY; and Burlington, NC.
- Received 2010 Business Leader Top Entrepreneur Award and named to the Top 10 of the Top 100 North Carolina Small Businesses for 2009 and 2008 by Triangle Business Leader.
- Involved in community as past president of Triangle Commercial Association of Realtors; on boards of Wells Fargo Bank of North Carolina and Salvation Army; founding partner of Duke Medicine Dream Campaign; founder of the Synergy Center of Raleigh; chairman of the Developer Relations Committee of Wake County Board of Economic Development, and supporter of numerous charities.
- Earned B.A. from Duke University and M.B.A. from University of Southern California.