Lothar Estein
President
Lothar Estein founded Estein USA in Orlando, Florida, in 1994 and its sister company, US Treuhand GmbH, (“UST”) in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1995. Estein currently serves as president of Estein USA and holds a controlling ownership interest in both entities. He provides direction and oversight of all aspects of the companies on a day-to-day basis.
He has guided both companies since their inception and is responsible for the investment of more than $6 billion of equity in real estate investments. Estein’s experience spans a wide range of real estate asset classes having held extensive positions in large retail centers, Class A urban office buildings, luxury hotels and more.
He started his first investment company in Germany in 1974 and made his first investments in the United States in 1978.
Estein earned a master’s degree in Business and Engineering from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany in 1976.
He is a U.S. Citizen and has resided in Windermere, Florida, since 1997. He is married and the father of five children.