Title: CEO
Workplace: Ocean Atlantic Companies
Alma Maters: Amherst College, Harvard University
Board: Affordable Housing Production Task Force
Favorite thing about Delaware? “If you work until 5:30 p.m., you’re the hardest working guy/gal in the state (at least in southern Delaware). Unlike my investment banking days, there’s no badge of honor for pulling all-nighters and spending most of your time in the office … quite the contrary: if you aren’t getting out there and reminding yourself why you live here every day, you aren’t doing it right.”
Preston Schell left a career as an investment banker to return back to the place that always brought him the most happiness: Delaware’s beaches. Here, he founded Ocean Atlantic Companies, a full-service real estate development firm that has built commercial projects, residential neighborhoods and resort clubhouses, including The Peninsula on the Indian River Bay and Lighthouse Club at Coastal Club. Along with his twin brother, Chris, Schell is also among the biggest philanthropists in Sussex County, donating millions of dollars annually to local causes. An avid environmental supporter, Schell also co-founded the Sussex County Land Trust.
