Episode 46: Larry Connor - Founder of the Connor Group
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Amir Fischer interviews Larry Connor, founder of The Connor Group, discussing his unconventional path to becoming a successful real estate investor and his adventurous pursuits.
This week on Generating Alpha, I sat down with Larry Connor, founder and managing partner of The Connor Group and one of the most successful real estate investors of the past three decades. Larry's path was unconventional. After graduating summa cum laude from Ohio University with degrees in English and history, he started a painting business in high school, built and sold a tavern with a 300% return, then spent nine years running Orlando Computer Corporation before it failed. That failure became his "PhD in the Hard Knocks of business" and the foundation for an extraordinary career. In 1991, Larry founded what would become The Connor Group with just $400,000 and one investor to buy three apartment communities in Dayton, Ohio. He built the firm on a contrarian thesis: treat apartments not as passive real estate investments, but as operating businesses with dramatic margin improvement potential. Over 32 years, The Connor Group has delivered over 30% average annual IRR to investors—outpacing firms like Brookfield and Blackstone. Out of 241 acquisitions, they've lost money on only eight. Today, the firm manages $5 billion in assets across 18 markets. Beyond business, Larry…
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