Fred is a native from Switzerland. He started traveling at a very young age. He studied in Geneva, California and Mexico, before getting involved in international airline and automotive marketing. He became one of the youngest Marketing Managers for BRITISH AIRWAYS and for CHRYSLER USA in Europe. His quest for independence and love for high end automobiles led him to import and export Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Range Rovers, Jaguars, Aston Martins and Bentleys on his own. He founded FERRARI GUERNSEY. He also built the first Jaguar XJ-Convertibles and Range Rover Cabriolets ever for the affluent and celebrities, including Royalty and Hollywood stars.By 1990, he decided to invest into South Florida real estate and entered into a Joint Venture to build Oceanfront Condominiums on Florida's Gold Coast with a local Developer. Around 1995 he met Paul McRae of The GALLERIA COLLECTION, who became one of his mentors in the South Florida Real Estate business. Fred eventually joined Paul's company, mainly to do his own buying and selling and ended up purchasing the business with a partner in 2008. The GALLERIA COLLECTION had sales in excess of 1 billion Dollars, in luxury pre-construction projects, co-operating with Related Group, Trump and other Developers. He and his wife Patricia invested in high end properties, mainly luxury Penthouses which he and Patricia, who heads L'HERMITAGE DESIGN GROUP, redesigned, decorated and resold. In 2009 Fred founded ULTRA LUXURY PROPERTIES INC. as a boutique luxury company, specializing in ultra-luxury Penthouses and other high-end Condominium residences throughout Florida.Finally, in 2020 it was time to integrate this record setting company into COMPASS FLORIDA LLC. where he heads the ULTRA LUXURY GROUP.