BNET Industries

Market Cap:$143.5M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$44.5M
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Plants & Garden Supplies Distr & Retailer; Real Estate Developer

Number of Employees 174
Contact Information

1 Rockefeller Plz

New York, New York 10020-2102

www.imperialnur...

(212) 218-7910

NAICS Code Floriculture Production: 111422

Recent Events

  • Griffin Land & Nurseries Q3 Loss Widens - Quick Facts

    10/08/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Frederick M. Danziger President
Anthony J. Galici Cfo, Secretary & Vice President
Michael S. Gamzon Vice President
Tammy Pollack Vice President, HR
David Danziger Director
Thomas C. Israel Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Edgar M. Cullman Chairman
Albert H. Small Board of Directors
David F. Stein Board of Directors
Fraderick M. Danziger Board of Directors
Winston J. Churchill Board of Directors

Mr. Danziger is President and Chief Executive Officer of Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. Mr. Danziger also serves as a director of Monro Muffler/Brake, Inc., and Bloomingdale Properties, Inc., a family investment operation. Mr. Danziger serves on the landscape advisory committee for Storm King Art Center. Mr. Danziger received a B.A. from Harvard University in 1962 and an L.L.B. from Yale Law School in 1965.

Organization Position Status
Griffin Land Chief Executive Officer Current
Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. President Current
Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. Director Current
Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon Partner Former

Anthony Galici is the Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. Mr. Galici has been in his present position with Griffin since July 1997, when Griffin became a publicly traded company as a result of being spun off from its previous parent company, Culbro Corporation ("Culbro"). Mr. Galici had been with Culbro from 1985 - 1997. Prior to that time, Mr. Galici was with Touche Ross & Co. Mr. Galici received a B.S. in Accounting from St. John's University in 1978

Organization Position Status
Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. Cfo, Secretary & Vice President Current
Imperial Nurseries, Inc. CFO Current

Mr. Gamzon joined Griffin in January 2008 as Vice President of Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. Prior to Griffin, Mr. Gamzon served as a Senior Analyst at Alson Capital Partners, LLC, an investment firm and previously worked at Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette and PepsiCo. Mr. Gamzon's experience includes corporate finance, strategy, private equity and public security investing. Mr. Gamzon received a B.A. from Yale University in 1991 and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School in 1997.

Organization Position Status
Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. Vice President Current

Organization Position Status
Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. Vice President, HR Current
Imperial Nurseries, Inc. Assistant Vice President, HR Current

Organization Position Status
Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. Chairman Current

Organization Position Status
Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. Board of Directors Current

From 1999 to 2005, Mr. Danziger was in charge of sales & marketing at General Cigar where he was a key architect and leader of the company's repositioning at a time of great change in the cigar industry. In addition to restructuring the sales and marketing areas of the company, Mr. Danziger oversaw a number of acquisitions and integration efforts that solidified General Cigar's market leadership. The result was renewed sales growth and substantially enhanced profitability. Mr. Danziger also supervised information technology, shipping and logistics. Previously, Mr. Danziger had worked for two years as head of sales & marketing of Villazon, which had been recently acquired by General Cigar. During this time, Villazon achieved record sales levels. Prior to Villazon, Mr. Danziger had been vice president of corporate strategy for Culbro Corporation, then General Cigar's parent, and had been highly involved in its acquisitions, divestitures and reorganization. Previously, he had spent two years in operations at The Eli Witt Company, Culbro's majority-owned convenience store distributor. This gave give him a broad perspective on the convenience store industry and distribution issues as a whole. Mr. Danziger's first experience after college was as a member of the principal investment group of Shearson Lehman Hutton (now Lehman Brothers). That group was charged with investing the firm's leveraged buyout fund. Later, he worked closely with the firm's financial restructuring group on Southmark Corporation, a bankrupt real estate and financial services company. After Lehman, Mr. Danziger brought his financial experience to the City of New York, where for two years he served as deputy director of budget & analysis for the Bureau of Bridges during New York's financial crisis of the early '90s. At that time, the city's infrastructure was in dangerous disrepair. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School, Mr. Danziger is a director of Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. and Doral Bank, NY.

Organization Position Status
Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. Director Current
Culbro, LLC. Managing Member Current
Culbro, LLC. Vice President of Corporate Strategy Former
Harvard College Former

Organization Position Status
Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Mr. Danziger is President and Chief Executive Officer of Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. Mr. Danziger also serves as a director of Monro Muffler/Brake, Inc., and Bloomingdale Properties, Inc., a family investment operation. Mr. Danziger serves on the landscape advisory committee for Storm King Art Center. Mr. Danziger received a B.A. from Harvard University in 1962 and an L.L.B. from Yale Law School in 1965.

Organization Position Status
Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. President & CEO Former

Tom is the Chairman of Ingleside Investors and oversees all aspects of the firm's investing activities. During his tenure, Ingleside and its affiliates have invested in numerous transactions as both lead and co-investor. From 1966 to 1981, Tom was Chief Financial Officer and a Director of ACLI International. Tom currently serves as a Director of Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc., Trustee and Treasurer of Phillips Academy, and Vice Chairman of Citizens for NYC. Tom received a BA from Yale University.

Organization Position Status
Ingleside Investors, LLC Chairman and CEO Current
A.C. Israel Enterprises Inc. Chairman & CEO Current
Citizens for NYC Chairman, Ingleside Investors Current
A.C. Israel Enterprises Inc. Director Current
Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. Director Current
Culbro, LLC. Board of Directors Current
Yale University BA Former

Winston J. Churchill has been a director of Amkor since July 1998. Mr. Churchill is the managing general partner of SCP Partners, a multi-stage venture capital firm with over $800 million under management that invests in technology-oriented companies. Mr. Churchill is also Chairman of CIP Capital Management, Inc., an SBA-licensed private equity fund. Previously, Mr. Churchill was a managing partner of Bradford Associates, which managed private equity funds on behalf of Bessemer Securities Corporation and Bessemer Trust Company. From 1967 to 1983, Mr. Churchill practiced law at the Philadelphia firm of Saul Ewing, LLP, where he served as Chairman of the Banking and Financial Institutions Department, Chairman of the Finance Committee and was a member of the Executive Committee. Mr. Churchill is a director of Griffin Land and Nurseries, Inc., Innovative Solutions and Support, Inc. and of various SCP portfolio companies. In addition, he serves as a director on the boards of a number of charities and as a trustee of educational institutions including Fordham University, Georgetown University, Immaculata University, the Gesu School and the Young Scholars Charter School. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Churchill served as Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System.

Organization Position Status
SCP Private Equity Partners Managing General Partner Current
Rodman & Renshaw, LLC Director & Chairperson of The Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee Current
Georgetown University Trustee Current
Fordham University Trustee Current
Selway Partners Chairman Current
CIP Capital, L.P. Chairman Current
Biap Systems, Inc Chairman Current
Cyalume Sa Chairman of The Board Current
Fordham University Board of Directors Current
Innovative Solutions, Ltd Director Current
Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. Director Current
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Director Current
SCP Private Equity Partners Director Current
Support, Inc Director Current
American Friends Board of Directors Current
Amkor Technology, Inc. Director Current
Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. Director Current
Academy In Manayunk Board of Directors Current
Rodman & Renshaw Director Current
American Friends Trustee Current
CIP Capital, L.P. Founder Former
Bradford & Associates, Inc. Managing Partner Former
SCP Private Equity Partners Owner Former
Yale Law School J.D. Degree Former
University of Oxford M.A. In Economics Former
Yale Law School BS In Physics Former
University of Oxford BS In Physics Former
Fordham University B.S. In Physics Former
Yale Law School Degree Former
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     GRIF $28.25 +0.51 (1.84% )
Average Volume 11,620
Shares Outstanding 5.08M
Market Cap 143.6M
Year High 37.44
Year Low 21.5
Earnings Per Share -1.83
P/E Ratio -15.44
Dividend 0.40
Yield 1.42
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