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 # William Adjei's Road to Real Estate Started in Ghana

 

##### by Chuck Sudo

 

 

 Mar 7, 2016 8:10 AM ET

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[Originally Published on Bisnow](https://www.bisnow.com/chicago/news/commercial-real-estate/from-ghana-to-chicago-the-journey-of-cbres-william-adjei-56553)

CBRE managing director William Adjei was last year's recipient of the RISE Award at CBRE’s African-American Network Group (AANG) annual conference. Not coincidentally, he's had a fascinating ascent through almost every aspect of commercial real estate.  
  
William's path to commercial real estate is a unique one. He was born and raised in Ghana until age 4, when William’s father, a professor, took a job at the University of Texas and moved the family to Austin.

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