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Peter Palandjian (born February 12, 1964) is the CEO of Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation, a company his father founded. He's also a former collegiate and professional tennis player.

Peter Palandjian

Full name	Peter Palandjian
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1964-02-12) February 12, 1964 (age 58) Boston, Massachusetts
Turned pro	1987
Retired	1989
Prize money	$30,728
Singles
Career record	1–4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 280 (August 15, 1988)
Doubles
Career record	1–11
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 175 (July 10, 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (1988, 1989)
Wimbledon	1R (1988)
US Open	1R (1988)

Biography

Early life and varsity career

Born in Boston, to a family of Armenian descent. Palandjian attended Phillips Academy Andover, then went to Harvard University where he had a noted varsity tennis career, and later to Harvard Business School.[1] He twice captained the Harvard team and played in the NCAA championships, both in singles and doubles, as the team's number one player.[2] Palandjian, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and American literature, defeated Pat McEnroe at the NCAA Championships in 1986.[3]

Later tennis career

Palandjian competed professionally after leaving college and won six ATP tour Challenger titles, all in doubles.[4][5][6] He also made main draw appearances in singles and doubles at various Grand Prix tournaments.[6] Notable victories include wins over Jay Lapidus (Stratton Mountain, 1987), Ricardo Acuna and Mark Dickson (Raleigh, 1987) Tony Mmoh (Boston, 1998), Martin Laurendeau (Miami, 1998), Andrew Sznajder (Seattle, 1998). One of his doubles partners, at the 1988 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships in Boston, was future world number one Jim Courier.[7] In 1988 he featured in the men's doubles at three Grand Slam events, the French Open, Wimbledon Championships and US Open. He also played men's doubles at the 1989 French Open and mixed doubles at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships. His brother, Paul, was also a collegiate tennis player.[8] The pair played a Grand Prix tournament together at Boston in 1989.[9] During Palandjian's highest career world ranking in doubles he reached No. 175 on July 10, 1989.

Palandjian retired from tennis in 1989.

Business career

Palandjian worked for two years with Bain & Company, as an Associate.[10] He was then an assistant to the CEO of Staples, during which time he studied for his MBA at Harvard Business School.[10]

Since 1993 he has been CEO of Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation, a company founded in Boston in 1959 by his father Petros A. Palandjian, an Armenian immigrant, originally as a construction firm.[11]

Personal life

Palandjian lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has four children with his former wife Marie-Louise "Minou" Palandjian: Manon Palandjian, Petros Palandjian, Margot Palandjian, and Madelon Palandjian.[12] His daughter Manon oversees marketing and communications for his family's company.[13]

He married actress Eliza Dushku in August 2018.[14] In February 2019, Dushku announced that she was pregnant with their first child.[15] Six months later in August of that year, they welcomed their son Bourne.[16] In August 2021, Dushku gave birth to the couple's second son, Bodan.[17]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (5)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1987	Bossonnens, Switzerland	Hard	Bud Schultz	Heiner Moraing Alexander Mronz	6–4, 6–3
2.	1987	Helsinki, Finland	Carpet	Bud Schultz	Nicklas Utgren Pasi Virtanen	7–6, 6–4
3.	1988	Aptos, U. S.	Hard	Jeff Klaparda	Ed Nagel Jeff Tarango	6–3, 6–4
4.	1988	New Haven, U. S.	Hard	Jeff Klaparda	Zeeshan Ali Chris Bailey	6–2, 7–5
5.	1988	Helsinki, Finland	Carpet	Luke Jensen	Jörg Müller James Turner	7–6, 3–6, 6–3

References

External links

• Peter Palandjian at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Peter Palandjian at the International Tennis Federation

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