Professional Profile
Michael, a native to Greenville and Eastern North Carolina, is the owner of The Overton Group, LLC. Michael earned a degree in Business Marketing from East Carolina University in 1996. Michael joined his family business, Overton’s Inc., the largest watersports catalog company, where he served as VP of Operations until the company was sold in 2003. Michael is a licensed NC General Contractor and holds a broker’s license in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Michael and the The Overton Group team have built one of the area’s largest commercial real estate firms with agents in Greenville and Wilmington. He is a CCIM designee and has completed additional real estate courses through ICSC University at the Wharton School of Business. Michael was formerly a member of the East Carolina University Board of Visitors, Pitt Community College Board of Trustees, and Realtors Commercial Alliance for Southeastern North Carolina. Currently he serves on the Greenville Planning Board and also serves as chair for the Greenville-ENC Alliance which is Pitt County’s new Public-Private Economic Development Partnership. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family out on the water and building relationships within his church community. Michael is always up for a new challenge and loves working in an industry that provides new experiences each day. He is thankful to live, work, and play in Eastern North Carolina, an area that has been home to his family for several generations.