CEO at Lomond International
Charlotte, North Carolina Area
- Current
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- Managing Director at Lomond International
- Past
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- Founder at Czech Industries
- CEO at USA Builders
- Author/Editor at Sumichrast Publications
- Connections
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Martin Sumichrast’s Summary
Financial and real estate commentator/expert.
Martin Sumichrast’s Specialties:
reverse mergers, mergers and acquisitions, author, commentator
Martin Sumichrast’s Experience
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Managing Director
Lomond International
(Financial Services industry)
January 2002 — Present (7 years 11 months)
In 2002, Marty started Lomond International, a private venture capital firm that focused on financing and business advisory services. Lomond’s portfolio companies have attracted over $100 million dollars investment capital, predominantly from institutional investors. Most notably, Lomond has partnered with Vision Capital of New York in financing four Chinese companies, the latter of which Bank of America co-invested.
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Founder
Czech Industries
(Financial Services industry)
January 1993 — December 2002 (10 years )
In 1993, Marty co-founded the Czech Fund, which raised money to invest in the privatization process in the Czech Republic. The Czech Fund, which later became Czech Industries, purchased the Hotel Fortuna in Prague which became the first hotel to be flagged under the brand Quality Hotel (Choice Hotels International, Inc.,) in all of Eastern Europe. From 1993 until 2002, Marty helped transform the Czech Fund into an international brokerage operation which operated in 12 countries.
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CEO
USA Builders
(Real Estate industry)
January 1992 — December 1992 (1 year )
While Mike Sumichrast was advising the government and working on large scale privatization projects (including the $6.6 billion purchase of Skoda Automotive by Volkswagen), Marty helped finance many new ventures in Czechoslovakia. In 1992, Marty’s USA Builders broke ground on a 19 unit subdivision in Prague called Na Visluni. The first of its kind, USA Builders, partnered with home building giant, Trammell Crow, offered American style homes with wood construction and all American made materials. USA Builders’ model home was chosen by the US Department of Commerce, as the “Model Home of the Year” for Eastern Europe.
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Author/Editor
Sumichrast Publications
(Real Estate industry)
January 1987 — December 1992 (6 years )
Sumichrast Publications published a dozen newsletters focused on the real estate industry. Their first newsletter was in conjunction with the American Bankers Association. Then Sumichrast Publications struck a lucrative partnership with the Arthur Anderson Real Estate Services Group, one of the most pre-eminent real estate and tax advisory firms at the time. Their jointly published newsletter, Real Estate Perspectives became a nationally recognized in real estate matters. The Sumichrast Report, which followed, focused on home building, and was published in partnership with Hanley Wood Publication, the publisher of Builder Magazine, Remodeling and numerous other leading housing related magazines.
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Martin Sumichrast’s Websites:
Martin Sumichrast’s Interests:
Author of "The New Complete Book of Home Buying" as well as "Opportunities in Financial Careers."
Martin Sumichrast’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
