Justin Lerner
A healthy and balanced lifestyle is important to Justin Lerner. To Justin, that means achieving great success in business, being actively involved in the Jewish community and making time to teach his son sports. Justin took a leap moving to Chicago with no relatives in the area. From the outset, he was effective in his work in investment sales and as a real estate broker and has received awards for being a top professional in his field. He is the youngest partner at his firm and mentors an intern every summer as a reminder to be humble and pay it forward.
Justin has been involved with JUF's Young Leadership and Young Real Estate divisions, JCYS, and Penny's Angels, a chapter of the Leukemia Research Foundation founded in 2000 in honor of his wife's aunt who lost a courageous battle against leukemia.
Age:
33
Primary gig:
Industrial Real Estate Brokerage and Investment Sales
On the side:
Teaching my son how to throw a ball, swing a bat, shoot a puck and always thank Mommy! Ice hockey, tennis and striving to be healthy are important to me as a kid and into adulthood
Relationship status:
Married
Celebrity doppelganger/who would play you in a movie:
My wife tells me Paul Rudd (not sure I see it), but have also been told Thomas Ian Nicholas (Henry Rowengartner as I call him, the kid from American Pie and Rookie of the Year). Well, at least when I was 12!
If time and money were limitless, I would:
If time and money were limitless, I would: This is a great question that I ask myself all the time. Candidly, I see money as a means to freeing up time -- which ultimately I want to spend with my family. The older I get, the more essential I view the ones that will stand by me in times of good and not so good. As I learn every day in my career, time is the most valuable asset one has -- life is short -- do what you enjoy doing.
Me in 10 years:
Appreciating my growing family and waking up in the morning excited to start the day. Providing for my loved ones and giving my family the best possible chance to succeed is what drives me today and no doubt will in 10 years.
