Marta Benko.
Our first speaker today was our new member Marta Benko.
Marta was a member of our Rotary club before and is now returning after a short leave.
Marta was born in Budapest but went to business school in Switzerland.
She emigrated to Canada and came into Montreal where she married.
She needed a house so decided to build one.
She initially bought a piece of land that was zoned for a four plex, so she put together a business plan to the bank, got finacing and built 4 houses.
Three she sold which started her carrer as a devloper.
She and her husband had two children one of which one died in a tragic car accident at 16.
Her other son is married and she has a grand child of 5.
Marta enjoys going camping and looking after her grandchild.