20 Questions with Matt Siegel

Executive Managing Director and Market Leader for Central/West Florida Colliers

Matt Siegel oversees more than 95 brokers and 50 support staff in Colliers’ brokerage operations in Tampa Bay, Orlando, Fort Myers and surrounding areas, which had a transaction volume of more than $2 billion in 2022. He has more than 10 years of commercial real estate experience, previously working as managing director of CBRE Tucson, Arizona and vice president and market director for NAI Robert Lynn in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas market. 

Siegel grew up in Tampa and attended Gaither High School before playing baseball for the University of Florida.

  1. College alma mater? University of Florida.

2. Favorite TV show of all time? The Office.

3. Preferred place for a business meeting? A coffee shop.

4. Most used phone app? Twitter. 

5. What time do you wake up on workdays? 4:30 a.m.

6. What’s a life hack you swear by? Have a dog in your life.

7. A movie that terrified you as a child? Jaws.   

8. Favorite local restaurant? Rocca. 

9. Last book you read? The Collector by Daniel Silva. 

10. Childhood crush? Cindy Crawford. 

11. Best concert you’ve ever seen, live? Recently…. Morgan Wallen.

12 Something you cook really well? Bananas Foster. 

13. Most famous person you’ve ever met? Michael Jordan. 

14. Coca-Cola or Pepsi? Coke.

15. How do you manage the volume of emails you receive? I do my best.

16. Last thing you ordered from Amazon? Something for my daughters. 

17. Most used emoji? Thumbs up. 

18. Charity you support? The Humane Society. 

19. What is something silly you got in trouble for as a child? Launching water balloons. 

20. Best advice ever received? Anything worth doing is going to be difficult. 

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