Larry Connor | Business

1969, started first company, C-McQ Painting, age 19.
1970-1972, owner/operator of two businesses while a student at Ohio University.
1973-1976, E.F. McDonald, organized business meetings, worldwide incentive travel. Lived in Mexico and North Africa (Morocco). Worked and traveled extensively in all 5 continents.
1977-1980, co-founder, Newcom's Tavern, Historic Oregon District, Dayton, Ohio. Sold business in 1980. Provided investors a 300% return.
1981-1990, owner, Orlando Computer Corp., operations in Central Florida and Cincinnati, Ohio. Second largest re-seller in state of Florida for IBM microcomputers.
1991-Present, co-founder, Connor Murphy & Buhrman. In 2003 the company became The Connor Group, A Real Estate Investment Firm.
- Grew from $0 to $1.4 Billion in assets.
- Industry leader in acquiring underperforming properties and reengineering them to improve operational performance.
- Expanded from 0 to 17,000 Class A apartments in Dallas, Atlanta, North Carolina, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Dayton.
- In the last 15 years the average ROI on properties sold has been 124% with the average hold period of 4.1 years.