William J. Johanningmeier was born in Clinton, Iowa and grew up in Dubuque, Iowa. He spent a lot of time on his uncle’s farm near Lost Nation, Iowa working alongside his cousins and uncles. His time on the farm was the basis for learning strong work ethics and sound family values that propelled him to a successful career in finance and real estate.  Mr. Johanningmeier graduated from Colorado State University in 1972.

After graduating from Colorado State University where he attended CSU on a football scholarship, and after having spent some years in the National Football League with the Packers and Broncos, Mr. Johanningmeier pursued his part time college business of financial services and expanded further into insurance and financial planning earning his Certified Financial Planning certificate and owning his own securities firm for over 12 years.

In 1984 he decided to pursue a career in real estate. With his wife Debby they opened JMeier, Inc. to focus on marketing community subdivisions throughout Northern Colorado and over time was successful in doing so in 17 such communities. He holds many accreditation certificates within the industry and has a large following of grateful clients.

As a strong community leader and active church member he has during the same time been in multiple successful Northern Colorado development projects including High Pointe Estates, Steeplechase, Cottonwood Shores and Riverlake Estates to name a few. Along with Mr. Croci, Mr. Johanningmeier recently completed a 75 acre development in Fort Lupton, Colorado called Lupton Village. These, along with numerous well known signature commercial real estate transactions with national and regional clients, have made Johanningmeier a common name in Northern Colorado real estate for decades.