Stefan Soloviev
Stefan Soloviev (born 1975) is an American businessman, who is CEO of Crossroads Agriculture and co-head of Solow Building Co. with his father Sheldon Solow.[1]
Stefan Soloviev | |
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Born | Stefan Solow 1975/1976 (age 44–45) |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Rhode Island (dropped out) |
Occupation | Businessman |
Home town | New York City, US |
Title | CEO, Crossroads Agriculture |
Successor | Hayden Soloviev |
Spouse(s) | Stacey Soloviev
( m. 1999; div. 2014) |
Children | 16 |
Parent(s) | Sheldon Solow |
Website | https://www.kanagri.com/ |
Early life
Stefan Soloviev is the son of Sheldon Solow, but uses the Russian spelling of the family name as it was before they arrived at Ellis Island, New York.[2] He attended the University of Rhode Island,[3] but did not graduate.
Career
Soloviev started working in the family real estate business when he was a teenager, toiling in the parking garages in his father's buildings. He dropped out of the University of Rhode Island in the mid-1990s to focus on trading commodities.
In 2018, Soloviev was ranked 33rd overall on The Land Report list of the 100 largest landowners in the US, with over 400,000 acres, through his company Crossroads Ag, mainly agricultural land in Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico.[4][5][6]
Personal life
Soloviev is divorced, and has a total of 16 children, 11 from his marriage to his ex-wife, who lives in upstate New York.[2] He also has 5 known children from multiple women, that live in the western United States.[2]
References
- "Forbes profile: Sheldon Solow". Forbes. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- Hughes, C J (6 April 2018). "A Real Estate Dynasty Passes the Torch". New York Times. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- Waggoner, Priscilla. "Four Degrees From Soloviev". Kiowa County Independent. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
- "The Land Report 100". Land Leader. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- "100 Largest Landowners in the United States" (PDF). The Land Report. Fall 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- "The Largest Landowners in the U.S." Bloomberg.com. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.