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2024 Apogee Honoree: Patricia Delinois

Meet Patricia Delinois, CEO of Premier Elite Realty

Patricia Delinois has always said it’s not about how many real estate deals you have closed. In the end, she wants to leave a legacy and know she has contributed to helping save millions of lives. Patricia has dedicated the last few years to bringing awareness to the global problem of human trafficking. Along with award-winning Director George Louis Monteiro, they created the Sisters of Vengeance franchise. Starting with the short movie Sisters of Vengeance, which came out this spring and, within a few months, won over 35 awards, nominations, and official selections from film festivals around the world. Delinois is dedicated to making a difference in saving children’s lives. When one of the most influential and respected Real Estate brokerage companies in Miami assembles an elite team of over 175 talented real estate agents, marketing the most- anticipated new luxury residential and commercial complexes and estates in S Fl history, everyone pays attention. This sought-after company was founded by trendsetter real estate mogul Patricia Delinois. Delinois is one of the most powerful and dynamic women in Miami. Patricia’s family relocated to Miami when she was 17, and shortly thereafter, she started in real estate at the age of 18. Patricia was buying, renovating and flipping homes soon after getting her license. Delinois then co-founded a construction company to develop homes and buy waterfront properties. Patricia opened a very successful Coldwell Banker franchise in 1996, and approximately ten years later, she realized the trend had shifted to a more global market. Patricia Delinois is now CEO of Premier Elite Realty, an international boutique agency in Miami with offices strategically placed in prime locations in Brickell, Coral Gables, South Miami and Miami Beach, and with sister offices in Dubai and Argentina. Patricia Delinois was the 2012 residential president of the MIAMI Association of Realtors, the largest realtor association in the United States, with over 60,000 members and the world’s largest international council.  Delinois is co-author of a book with best-selling author Brian Tracy, “The Ultimate Success Guide,” where she wrote about winning over clients for life and having the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, as a client. Also a co-author of “The Big Question” with Larry King and other entrepreneurs. Delinois was born in Montreal, Canada. She speaks French, Spanish, and English and has served as an ambassador to the MIAMI Realtor Association’s international associations. A firm believer in the importance of social media and technology in Real Estate, Delinois, known as the Miami Tech Queen, has a powerful client list that consists of a sphere of high-net-worth individuals and celebrity clients, including a roster of over 75000 major investors around the world. Patricia Delinois carries a long list of international clients who are successful in business and finds her high standards and impeccable credentials a perfect professional match. To say Patricia’s impact has been positively felt in the South Florida community would be the understatement of the century.

Drew Limsky

Drew Limsky

Editor-in-Chief

BIOGRAPHY

Drew Limsky joined Lifestyle Media Group in August 2020 as Editor-in-Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth. His first issue of SFBW, October 2020, heralded a reimagined structure, with new content categories and a slew of fresh visual themes. “As sort of a cross between Forbes and Robb Report, with a dash of GQ and Vogue,” Limsky says, “SFBW reflects South Florida’s increasingly sophisticated and dynamic business and cultural landscape.”

Limsky, an avid traveler, swimmer and film buff who holds a law degree and Ph.D. from New York University, likes to say, “I’m a doctor, but I can’t operate—except on your brand.” He wrote his dissertation on the nonfiction work of Joan Didion. Prior to that, Limsky received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Emory University and earned his M.A. in literature at American University in connection with a Masters Scholar Award fellowship.

Limsky came to SFBW at the apex of a storied career in journalism and publishing that includes six previous lead editorial roles, including for some of the world’s best-known brands. He served as global editor-in-chief of Lexus magazine, founding editor-in-chief of custom lifestyle magazines for Cadillac and Holland America Line, and was the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida. He also was the executive editor for B2B magazines for Acura and Honda Financial Services, and he served as travel editor for Conde Nast. Magazines under Limsky’s editorship have garnered more than 75 industry awards.

He has also written for many of the country’s top newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, USA Today, Worth, Robb Report, Afar, Time Out New York, National Geographic Traveler, Men’s Journal, Ritz-Carlton, Elite Traveler, Florida Design, Metropolis and Architectural Digest Mexico. His other clients have included Four Seasons, Acqualina Resort & Residences, Yahoo!, American Airlines, Wynn, Douglas Elliman and Corcoran. As an adjunct assistant professor, Limsky has taught journalism, film and creative writing at the City University of New York, Pace University, American University and other colleges.