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CJ Follini is an American businessman, investor, and educator known for his career in commercial real estate, venture capital, and fine art. He is the Managing Principal of Noyack Capital and founder of Noyack Wealth Club, a nonprofit organization.
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The son of Italian immigrants, Follini's career began when his father suffered a stroke, leading to Follini taking over his father's company. He attended Fordham Preparatory,[citation needed] Tufts University, Harvard Business School,[citation needed] and London School of Economics for a graduate degree.[citation needed]
From 1988 until 2020, Follini was chief investment officer of a investment syndicate of nine families that focused on alternative investments.[citation needed] He was an executive at the Shooting Gallery and president of its subsidiary, Guns for Hire Production Centers (GFH).[1][2] After the company abruptly folded in 2001, Follini's mother sued to recoup $350,000 of the $500,000 she had invested in the company.[3] Follini also redeveloped the former St. Agnes Hospital Campus in White Plains, New York, purchased at a foreclosure auction for $28,000,000. Beginning in 2007, it was redeveloped to include assisted living and medical office buildings.[4] Previously, he built and sold the $400M Noyack Medical healthcare real estate portfolio and redeveloped One Hanson Place.[5]
Other development projects include the 400-acre International Trade Center in Mount Olive, New Jersey in partnership with the Rockefeller Group.[6] In 2022, Follini spun off NLI, a public non-traded real estate investment trust which invests in diversified American supply chain infrastructure.[7] He also founded Noyack Wealth Club, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit aimed at providing financial literacy to younger generations and underserved communities.[citation needed]
Follini has been a producer on the films Sling Blade (1996),[8] Bullet in the Brain (2000),[9] and Burning the Future: Coal in America (2008),[10][11] as well as You Can Count on Me, The Minus Man, Croupier, Judy Berlin, The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, Once In The Life, and Chinese Coffee.[citation needed] In 2011, Follini created and directed Art/Trek NYC, a television documentary that explores New York City's five boroughs to showcase emerging artists.[citation needed]
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