Douglas (Doug) A. Bora, Jr. was born in 1953 and grew up in Rowayton. He graduated from St. Lawrence University and earned a B.A. in Economics. After graduation, he worked in commercial real estate finance to develop major real estate projects throughout the nation, working broadly as a lender first, an intermediary second and a principal third. He started his career working at the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (MONY, now AXA Insurance) where he was in charge of real estate lending and acquisitions for the Northeastern United States and then worked in Citicorp’s Investment Bank where he ran institutional finance and acquisitions in the Midwestern U.S. Following that, he worked as an intermediary at the nation’s largest commercial mortgage banking company, Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (now JLL, Jones Lang LaSalle), and finally as Managing Director of Spinnaker Real Estate Partners, a major commercial and residential real estate development firm.
Doug and his wife have lived in Darien since 1989, have two adult children and two grandchildren. He has served as Chairman or President of several real estate industry trade associations in New York and Connecticut and as Chairman of SoundWaters, a non–profit organization which teaches over 35,000 young people each year and connects them with Long Island Sound to protect and preserve the Sound through education. Doug is an avid boater and a member of Noroton Yacht Club. He enjoys skiing, pickleball and gardening and is believed to be the longest continuous seasonal paddle tennis player in Darien (over 30 years).
