Witte

American

[vit-uh, vyee-tyuh] / ˈvɪt ə, ˈvyi tyə /

noun

Sergei Yulievich 1849–1915, Russian statesman.

Witte British

/ ˈvɪtə, ˈvjitjə /

noun

Sergei Yulievich (sjɪrˈɡjej juˈljevitʃ). 1849–1915, Russian statesman; prime minister (1905–06). As minister of finance (1892–1903) he tried to modernize the Russian economy

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Bill Witte is retiring after running Related California, a large-scale developer of both luxury and low-income apartments, for more than three decades.

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Witte’s interest in development dates to his childhood in New York.

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His father was a builder, and young Witte enjoyed tramping around construction sites.

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“It was very parochial in Philadelphia, part Rust Belt and part ‘Sopranos,’ ” Witte said.

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Witte later served as San Francisco’s deputy mayor for housing before joining Related Cos.

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