Dorothy D'Ambrosio, also known as Dottie Herman, serves as Vice Chair of

Real Estate Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more general ...

brokerage firm

Douglas Elliman Douglas Elliman is an American real estate company. Douglas Elliman employs more than 7,000 agents and has 113 offices in New York City and across the country. The company also has a number of subsidiaries related to real estate services such as ...

Early life

The daughter of Joseph and Louise D'Ambrosio, Dorothy D'Ambrosio was born in

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

and grew up in

Syosset Syosset (also known as Little East Woods or Locust Grove) is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place in the Oyster Bay (town), New York, Town of Oyster Bay, in Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, on the North Shore (Long Islan ...

Long Island Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United Sta ...

. She recalls that she resolved to "make something of herself" after her mother died in an automobile accident when she was 10 years old.

Career

As an entrepreneur from early on, Dorothy D'Ambrosio began working in real estate in 1978 while she was a student at

Adelphi University Adelphi University is a private university in Garden City, New York. Adelphi also has centers in Manhattan, Hudson Valley, and Suffolk County. There is also a virtual, online campus for remote students. It is the oldest institution of higher ed ...

. After beginning and building her career on

, in 1989 she and partner Carll S. Burr III purchased Prudential Long Island Realty. After expanding that company, to one of the largest brokerages on Long Island. In 2003 she purchased Douglas Elliman, where she built and lead Manhattan’s largest brokerage firm, with her partner

Howard Lorber Howard Mark Lorber (born September 8, 1948) is an American businessman and investor. Early life and education Lorber was born to a Jewish family in The Bronx, the son of Charles and Celia (née Benrubi) Lorber but grew up in Paramus, New Jersey. ...

. Since then,

has become the largest and fastest-growing real estate firm in New York. Dottie Herman served as the President of the brokerage firm and as its Chief Operating Officer. In August 2021, Dottie stepped down as the CEO of Douglas Elliman Real Estate and assumed the role of Vice Chair.

Douglas Elliman Real Estate

Douglas Elliman Real Estate under the leadership of Dorothy D'Ambrosio is now the third-largest real estate company in the United States. With a team of 7,000 agents in more than 113 offices throughout New York City as well as the Hamptons, Westchester, Connecticut, New Jersey, Florida, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, and Texas,

Douglas Elliman Real Estate’s sales volume exceeded $27.4 billion in 2017 with a closing every 19 minutes. Douglas Elliman also controls a portfolio of real estate services including Douglas Elliman Development Marketing, Douglas Elliman Property Management, DE Commercial, and DE Title. Douglas Elliman is a strategic partner with London-based Knight Frank LLP for residential business.

Awards

In June 2016 ''Forbes'' named Dottie Herma
'America's Richest Self-Made Woman In Real Estate'
and she has twice been named among the 100 most influential women in New York business by ''Crain’s New York Business''. In August 2015, Dottie Herma
earned an Innovator Award
fro
''Inman''
for her contributions as CEO o
Douglas Ellliman
She was honored by

as the 2007 Outstanding Executive on Long Island. In 2017, Herman received the

Women's Entrepreneurship Day Women's Entrepreneurship Day (WED) is a day on which the work of women entrepreneurs is observed and discussed, held every day of each year. The inaugural event was held in New York City at the United Nations, with additional events being held si ...

Pioneer Award for her work in the Business field at the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

Philanthropy

She is a longtime supporter of the

American Heart Association The American Heart Association (AHA) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and death ...

, the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, the

Southampton Hospital Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, centrally located in the Village of Southampton, New York, is a 125-bed hospital accredited by the Joint Commission. A location of Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital is a New York State-design ...

, and the North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital.

Personal life

Dottie has one daughter Christine who is an educator. he Real Deal: "Dottie Herman" By Candace Taylorretrieved August 1, 2014

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Herman, Dottie Adelphi University alumni American women chief executives American real estate businesspeople Living people People from Syosset, New York Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women