Daniel Reiner

Reiner, a Pepperdine University graduate from Spokane, boasted an extensive business portfolio in both the public and private sectors. His business success saw him accumulate a vast property empire including the luxury lake house on the shore of Trout Lake which he bought in 1998, Pend Oreille County property records reveal. At the time of his death, he also owned around 30 properties spanning around 1,837 acres as well as golf courses and resorts across the country including Granite Bay Golf Club Sacramento, Pebble Beach Golf Links San Jose, Cabo del Sol near Cabo San Lucas and Club Corp. Reiner, 72, was found dead in Trout Lake, near Fertile Valley Road, Pend Oreille County at around 3pm on August 31, following an extensive search involving divers and cadaver dogs. His body was found in the secluded lake on his $2.4m estate in Washington. Reiner’s resume includes time as CEO of Optical Devices Inc., when he oversaw the merger of the company with Hoechst AG to create Enhanced Imaging Technologies Inc., a maker of cardiology equipment, according to the Los Angeles Times. The company was then purchased by Marquette Electronics for $300 million in 1993. In 2008, Reiner co-founded Stemcentrx, a San Francisco-based biotech company that developed experimental cancer treatments, including the drug Rova-T, according to a publication from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The company was sold to Chicago-based AbbVie Inc. in 2016 for approximately $5.8 billion in cash and stock, plus up to $4 billion in additional milestone payments