Anthony Trella

Biography: Anthony J. Trella is owner and President of The Meranth Company, a development and investment management company. His experience, skills and vision are also proving applicable as a consultant to major corporations and Investment Bankers across the United States. He has a well established national reputation that is based on his successful accomplishments in executive, marketing and financial management. He is known in the real estate industry to hundreds of Developers, Builders, Realtors, Architects, Planners, Designers, Attorneys, Investment Bankers, Financial Advisors, Bankers and Management Executives. He has been President/CEO or Senior Executive of such nationally recognized companies as Markborough Communities, Inc., Pulte Home Corp. and American Capital Corp. In these positions he has been responsible for development of over 20,000 acres of land; private and public golf courses; retail and office centers; and he has built over 5,000 residential units. This has included over fifteen (15) Master Planned Communities for primary and secondary housing. He has been responsible for over 3,000 employees. These achievements resulted in more than a billion dollars in sales and several hundred million dollars in profits. Mr. Trella’s professional affiliations include the Urban Land Institute for which in addition to being a frequent speaker and panelist, he is a former Trustee, a former District Council Counselor, former Chairman of the Community Development Council (Green) and a member of the South Florida/Caribbean District Council’s Executive Committee and was its past Chairman. He is Chairman of the Advisory Board of Nova-Southeastern University’s Real Estate Masters Program and its Developer in Residence. He was a director/founder of the Foundation for Environmental and Economic Progress and the Developer In Residence for the University of Miami School of Law/Graduate Program in Real Property Development. He holds a B.B.A. in accounting from Pace University and completed graduate studies at Adelphi University.