Codina Partners Part 5 - In Her Father's Footsteps: The Journey Of Ana Codina

October 11, 2018

Codina Partners CEO Ana-Marie Codina Barlick and Executive Chairman Armando Codina discuss how Ana grew into her role with the organization with EisnerAmper Real Estate Services Group Chair Ken Weissenberg.

Transcript

Ken Weissenberg: Ana, when did you first get involved with your dad's business?

Ana-Marie Codina Barlick:When I was growing up, a lot of school holidays or teacher work days I would end up going into the office with my father. I thought was because I liked to go in but, in retrospect I think my mother wanted to get me out of the house because it was easier to manage four kids with the most difficult one out of the house. I would get sent to the office a lot. I also remember getting sent there because I wasn't doing my homework, but anyway. I was in the office a lot. I love the environment. I love being in an office not normal for a kid- just always remember liking the environment. After high school and college I kind of went through that, I want to get as far away from Miami as possible, and I want to do everything on my own, and I'm just not interested in looking back, so I kind of didn't think that I was going to get involved in the business. I actually moved to New York after college to work in the fashion industry, and I got cured of that very quickly. It pays nothing. You have to work on holidays. So it’s not as glamorous as it seemed. I had met my now husband by then who was here in New York, so I ended up working in real estate here in New York, and got re-interested on my own and after business school moved home.

KW: Now you're the CEO of the company. That's terrific.

AB: And I stumbled into that too. It was his idea not mine. He said to me in 2013, he said oh I'm ready for you I think you'll be ready to be CEO. I said okay we'll put a two year plan together and he said no, next month we'll make the announcement.

KW: That's terrific.

About Kenneth Weissenberg

Kenneth Weissenberg CPA, Tax Partner in Real Estate Services, is experienced in tax saving strategies and negotiating sales and acquisitions. He represents owners of some of the most well-known real estate properties in New York City.

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