Larry Montanus is an Advisor and Business Broker at SVN | Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate in Lakeland, Florida.

Larry has extensive business history, having held several senior executive positions. He was active in the citrus industry as president and COO of the publicly traded Orange-co Inc, and as Florida Citrus Operations Manager for Procter & Gamble. In total Larry spent 16 years at P&G. He was an Executive VP of Europe’s largest packaging company based in Paris. In that role, he was responsible for restructuring the company through a series of acquisitions and divestitures totaling almost $800 million, including:

• The purchase of Anchor Hocking Closures from Newell Corp. for $120 million.
• The purchase of Zeller Plastik, a German packaging company for $165 million.
• The merger of citrus companies Orange-co and American Agronomics. The merged companies had 26000 acres of groves and 3 plants.

Larry’s education includes a BA in Economics from the University of Cincinnati, and the Wharton School of Finance/University of Pennsylvania MBA program.

He is a member of the Lakeland Association of Realtors® (LAR), the Florida Realtors®, and the National Association of Realtors®. Larry is also a member of the Winter Haven Chamber of Commerce.