Bill Gottfried possesses 35 years of international business and financial management experience in North and South America, Europe, Russia, Central Asia, the Caspian Region, the Middle East Arabian Gulf Region, Southeast Asia, Australia, and China.
Bill possesses experience in real estate development in the U.S. and in international markets, including: Mexico, Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan, and the Middle East; he formed GOTTFRIED INTERNATIONAL ESTATES to provide premium level professional service to the international real estate industry focusing on high end residential and premium resort properties.
We are active in real estate development, investments, marketing, and sales in high end residential and premium resort properties in the U.S., Mexico (premier coastal and inland areas), Costa del Sol and the Balearic Islands (Majorca) in Spain, and in Paris, Provence, and the Cote d' Azur in the South of France.
We are Members of AMPI in Mexico; The Institue For Luxury Home Marketing, the Texas Association of Realtors International Committee, the International Council Advisory Group of the Houston Association of Realtors, and we are active with the National Association of Realtors with their international activities.
Member, Board of Directors, The Houston Association of Realtors (HAR).
Member, Board of Directors, The Texas Association of Realtors (TAR).
Eagle Scout, Awarded by President Kennedy
B.S. in Petroleum Marketing, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, minor in Geology.
M.B.A. in International Business, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Harvard Business School, Executive Education Programs
Rice University, Houston, Texas, Executive Education Programs
Graduate of U.S. Naval Officer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island
Graduate of U.S. Navy Supply Corps School, Athens, Georgia
Graduate of the Department of Defense Petroleum Inspection School, San Diego, California
Formed Energy Committee of the U.S.-Russia Business Council, Washington, D.C.
Member of The Army and Navy Club, Washington, D.C.
Member of Houston Association of Realtors, the Texas Association of Realtors, the National Association of Realtors
Transnational Referral Certified
Member of Worldproperties.com and UniqueGlobalEstates
Member of AMPI International, the professional real estate association of Mexico
Member of the American Petroleum Institute, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the Houston Energy Finance Group, the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association.
Active in international business and finance since 1971 when I began my career as a U.S. Navy Supply Officer in the Arabian-Persian Gulf working in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Iran responsible for petroleum inspection and product tanker scheduling; managed 200,000 b/d in product shipments.
Financial Times of London "Who's Who In World Oil & Gas"