Dorothy Herman

Dorothy Herman, Dottie, is the quintessential New York success story. In only two decades, she climbed to the pinnacle of the housing industry – CEO of Douglas Elliman, the #4 ranked real estate company in the United States. Today, under her leadership, Douglas Elliman is New York’s largest residential brokerage, with over 5,000 real estate professionals working in more than 70 offices in New York City, Long Island, the Hamptons, Westchester/Putnam, Los Angeles, and South Florida.

Dottie created a company that serves the customer’s every real estate need. In addition to leading New York’s largest residential real estate brokerage, she also controls a portfolio of real estate services, including commercial and retail leasing and sales, relocation and settling in services, new development consulting and also Manhattan’s largest residential property manager, Douglas Elliman Property Management, as well as DE Title, and DE Capital Mortgage.

She began her career on Long Island, and purchased Prudential Long Island Realty in 1989. After turning the company into the powerhouse brokerage operating on Long Island and in the Hamptons, she purchased Douglas Elliman, Manhattan’s largest and most prestigious brokerage firm, with her partner Howard Lorber in 2003.

Dottie has been consistently ranked in Crain’s New York Business 50 Most Powerful Women in New York, The New York Observer’s Power 150, Inman News Top 100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders, and The New York Observer’s The Power 100, a list recognizing New York City’s most influential people in real estate. In 2013, Dottie received the Kenneth R. Gerrety Humanitarian Award at the annual Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) banquet as well as the Long Island Business News’ Outstanding CEO Award. She was also the recipient of a BRAVA SmartCEO Award, recognizing exceptional female leaders for their contributions to business and philanthropy.

Her prolific market insights have earned her top placements in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The New York Observer, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, The Hollywood Reporter, MSNBC, Bloomberg-TV, ABC, CNBC, and Fox Business.

Dottie is a longtime supporter of the American Heart Association, the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, the Southampton Hospital, the Katz Institute for Women’s Health and Katz Women’s Hospital located at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset and LIJ Medical Center in New Hyde Park. She is also involved with The New York Restoration Project, and Every Woman Matters Walk: A Walk for Women and Their Families.