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RealShare EXCLUSIVE: RE Mogul John Buck Shares Successes, Concerns

CHICAGO-John Buck, CEO of the John Buck Co., sits down with Real Estate Media's editor-in-chief Michael Desiato at the third annual RealShare conference. The interview focuses on Buck's struggles and accomplishments of the past 25 years.

By Dana Dubriwny | Updated on June 22, 2005

CHICAGO-During Tuesday’s RealShare conference, hosted by Real Estate Media, publishers of Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com, editor-in-chief Michael G. Desiato sat down with John Buck, chairman and CEO of the John Buck Co. for a feature presentation, “Inside the Real Estate Mind.”

Relaxed in plush chairs with only a side table between them, the two spoke face-to-face like old friends in front of a room of more than 400 attendees. The two discussed Buck’s roots in rural Texas, his early days and ultimate rise in Chicago real estate, and his current philanthropic endeavors.

In the ’80s, Buck said, the culture of business was different than it is today. Buck, who started his firm in 1981 after raising $257,000 to develop 200 S. Wacker, said working among young, single brokers, was “a lot of fun.”

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