Michael Meyer was born and raised in
Mike has been working in the commercial real estate industry for over 25 years. He began his career in 1982 with The Koll Company. In 1985 he joined The Legacy Companies as Executive Vice President in charge of Real Estate Development. While at The Legacy Companies, Mike met and began working with Steve Zotovich. In 1995 he founded ZMI Real Estate with Mr. Zotovich and Bruce Ibbetson. Over a 12-year period, ZMI Real Estate successfully raised in excess of $100 million which was invested in several prominent office buildings and industrial parks. At the height of the recent real estate market, ZMI sold its real estate holdings. In August of 2008, Mike started a new venture when he founded Champion Paving with his longtime friend Tom Hughes.
Mike married his high school sweetheart Elaine “Hoppy” Meyer in the summer of 1983. Mike and Hoppy have 3 son’s, Christopher, Brent and Jamie. When their youngest son Jamie was 16 months old, he was diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome, an immune system disease that attacked his kidneys. Over a fifteen year period, Jamie received excellent treatment from Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC). Jamie is now a very healthy18 year old and has been symptom free for the past 3 years. They were very fortunate to have a world class children’s hospital in their community.
Due to their own special circumstances and because of the great care and treatment their son received from CHOC hospital, the Meyer’s have a warm spot in their hearts for CHOC. Hoppy has worked as a floor volunteer and is very active in the Jack & Jill Guild supporting CHOC.
“We will always be grateful to the staff of doctors and nurses that treated our son during his battle with his illness”.
