Stefan Soloviev

Stefan Quinn Soloviev (born May 21, 1975) is an American businessman who is the Chairman of the Soloviev Group, the parent company of Crossroads Agriculture, the Colorado Pacific Railroad, the Soloviev Building Corporation, Weskan Grain, and other business entities. He took over the Solow Building Corporation from his father Sheldon Solow, after his death on November 17, 2020.[1][2]

Stefan Soloviev
Born
Stefan Quinn Solow

(1975-05-21) May 21, 1975
New York City, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Rhode Island (dropped out)
OccupationBusinessman
Known forFounder of Crossroads Agriculture
TitleChairman of The Soloviev Group
SuccessorQuintin Soloviev, Hayden Soloviev
Spouse(s)
Stacey Soloviev
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(m. 1999; div. 2014)​

Children22
Parents
FamilyFernand Fonssagrives (grandfather)
Lisa Fonssagrives (grandmother)
Websitesolovievgroup.com

Early life

Stefan Soloviev is the son of Mia Fonssagrives-Solow and Sheldon Solow. He uses the Russian spelling of the family name as it was before it was Anglicised on arrival at Ellis Island.[3] He grew up in Manhattan, New York and attended the University of Rhode Island,[4] but did not graduate. He also played football as a placekicker in 1996 at St. John's University in New York,[5] but did not play during season due to injury.

Career

Soloviev started working in the family real estate business when he was a teenager, in the parking garages in his father's buildings.[6] He dropped out of the University of Rhode Island in the mid-1990s to focus on trading commodities. Crossroads Agriculture was founded in 1999 by Soloviev to cultivate, purchase, store and sell cash grains in the Wichita, Kansas area. By the early 2000s, the company moved to the western edge of the high plains, successfully producing grains in historically dry farming regions using a combination of drought-tolerant seeds and emerging agricultural technology. Starting in 2004, the company began acquiring grasslands south of Portales, New Mexico, and the ranching side of the operation was born.[7] As of 2021, Soloviev owns and operates farmland and ranchland in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, and New York.

In 2022, Soloviev was ranked 26th overall on The Land Report list of the 100 largest landowners in the US, with 408,000 acres (165,000 ha), through Crossroads Agriculture, and his holding company KCVN LLC, named after the Clovis Municipal Airport.[8][9][10]

Personal life

Soloviev and his family are Lutheran from his mother's side of the family, which originated in Sweden. Soloviev is divorced and has at least 22 children, 11 from his marriage to his ex-wife Stacey Soloviev.[3] He has eight children that live in Sacramento, California, and another three in other Western states.[3]

References
  1. "Forbes profile: Sheldon Solow". Forbes. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  2. Kazakina, Katya; Clark, Patrick; Oster, Patrick (November 17, 2020). "Sheldon Solow, Billionaire Real Estate Developer, Dies at 92". Bloomberg. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  3. Hughes, C J (April 6, 2018). "A Real Estate Dynasty Passes the Torch". New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  4. Waggoner, Priscilla (November 29, 2017). "Four Degrees From Soloviev". Kiowa County Independent. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  5. "Stefan Soloviev Terrifies His Nannies: Insider". The Real Deal New York. January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  6. "Manhattan real estate scion built rural empire". Daily Republic. Bloomberg News. September 23, 2019.
  7. "About".
  8. "The Land Report 100". Land Leader. November 30, 2018. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  9. "100 Largest Landowners in the United States" (PDF). The Land Report. Fall 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  10. "The Largest Landowners in the U.S." Bloomberg.com. September 6, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
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