User:Davidrobb/Paul Castran

Paul Castran (born 1960) is CEO of Castran Gilbert.

Paul Castran started in the real estate industry at Stewart Gull. Pauls first role was as a ‘Cadet Valuer’, completing valuations all around Melbourne during the week, then working as a real estate sales person on weekends. It was during his employ at Stewart Gull, that Paul met his future business partner Dennis Gilbert. In 1982, Stewart Gull sold Paul his 50% share, and Castran Gilbert was established. Dennis and Paul opened 3 additional offices in Ringwood North, Dandenong and Wantirna, growing their business considerably. In 1990 Paul & Dennis set up a new office in Toorak Road, purchasing a number of rent roles, and operating in one of Melbournes most affluent suburbs.

As CEO of Castran Gilbert, Paul Castran has presided over nearly 17,000 sales in the past 29 years. Paul has also conducted in excess of 2,000 auctions, and is actively involved in charity auctions and community support.

In July 2009, Paul Castrans brother John survived an avalanche whilst skiing in New Zealand.

Paul's wife, Megan Castran, is a well known Melbourne identity operating a successful jewelery business, and YouTube channel. Megan has designed jewelery for a number of celebrities, including Australian runner and athlete, Jana Rawlinson.

In February 2008, Paul Castran received local and international media attention  when he, and his business partner Mark Forytarz, attempted to sue the search enginge company Google Inc for defamation over articles which showed up in their search results. These articles were written by an Australian Real Estate Blogger, Neil Jenman, and it was claimed that the articles paints Mr Forytarz as unscrupulous and unethical and he suffered distress embarrassment and humiliation as a result. The case threatened to set a precedent, whereby search engines would become for the content that they displayed, and as such, attracted attention from numerous lawyers who blogged about the article. . The case was eventually dropped by Mr Castran and Mr Forytarz.