Barry Gosin has been a principal at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, one of New York Citys leading commercial real estate services firms, since 1978 and its CEO since 1979.

Gosin manages the real estate division and also oversees a company that, through mergers and acquisitions, has grown to more than 12,000 employees worldwide, with more than 90 offices, including the U.S. and South America. He has become particularly noted for organizing what the company calls client-focused growth centered on integrating both operations and real estate expertise.

Along with equity partners, Gosin has also become quite the landlord, acquiring more than 40 properties totaling more than 10 million square feet, including Manhattans Flatiron Building, 740 Broadway and 40 Worth Street.

Born in October 1950 in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, Gosin graduated from Indiana University. He got his start in real estate as a commercial broker for the old Feder and Co. -TA