Our Team
Headed by Millennials and backed by over 50 years of business experience across commercial real estate investment and other industries, our team was designed to provide a wide range of perspectives and areas of expertise.
David Granek
MEMBER, BOARD OF ADVISORS
MEMBER, INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
PRESIDENT & CEO, CARISAM SAMUEL MEISEL
David Granek is the President and CEO of Carisam-Samuel Meisel, a world leader in the import and supply of duty-free spirits, beers and wines, tobacco products, fragrances and high-end gift items to the cruise industry, world-wide; the foreign diplomatic corps; the commercial ship industry, as well and to resorts and hotels in the Caribbean and Central America.
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Carisam distributes its products worldwide, to more and most major ports in the US, as well as to more than 80 worldwide locations through its locations in Miami, Washington, D.C., New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Long Beach, CA and Blaine, WA, as well as through warehouses strategically placed in Europe, Panama and Asia.
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In addition, Carisam is the contractor responsible for the manufacture, import and supply of the vast majority of Philip Morris subsidiary, John Middleton’s machine-made cigars, sold throughout the US, at its Dominican Republic contract factory.
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David has served as an officer and board member of the Marine Hotel Association since its inception in 1985. His degrees are in both economics and business administration.