Reffkin makes his debut as the most powerful leader in real estate based on Compass’s sustained brokerage dominance, which deepened significantly in 2024 with a late-year announcement of a pending acquisition of At World Properties, owner of the U.S.’s ninth largest brokerage in @properties and the global luxury real estate franchise brand Christie’s International Real Estate. Also in 2024, Compass, already the U.S.’s largest brokerage by annual sales volume, acquired large brokerages including Louisiana-based Latter and Blum and Tennessee-based Parks Realty. A proven, resilient and savvy industry leader, Reffkin also led Compass closer to profitability in 2024, and is playing a larger role in lending his voice to industry issues, such as the Clear Cooperation Policy.

Sanford continues to guide eXp World Holdings as owner of the U.S.’s largest brokerage by transaction sides in eXp Realty. The revenue-sharing system he developed has continued to catalyze his firm’s growth, while inspiring competitors to adopt similar programs. EXp had the highest net profit margin in 2024 through the first three quarters of any public brokerage company, buoyed by a $12.4 million second quarter net profit.

Schneider’s tenure at Anywhere Real Estate has been marked by a steady competence. This continued in 2024 with his ongoing refinement of Anywhere, the U.S.’s largest real estate company by sales volume, transaction sides and agent count, which produced profitable second and third quarters amid a down year in real estate. Entering his eighth year at the helm of Anywhere, he also used his voice this year to support the Clear Cooperation Policy, shared his company’s buyer agent forms for wide industry use and deepened his focus on his agents, franchisees and consumers.

Keller oversees the nation’s largest franchise brand, and second largest brokerage, based on 2023 agent count (157,642), transaction sides (850,462) and sales volume ($357.6 billion). In 2024, the company reached a profit-sharing milestone of distributing over $2 billion to agents. Keller Williams in February settled in the Sitzer-Burnett commissions case, leaving it free to focus on developing technology such as its chatbot for agents, which it released mid-year. With KW icon Mark Willis back as his CEO, Keller has more time to focus on where he has excelled for decades: devising and deploying strategies to grow his legendary company.

As CEO of HomeServices of America, Blefari leads the nation’s fourth largest brokerage with an agent count of more than 69,000 who did over $196 billion in 2023 annual sales. In June 2024, he also stepped into the CEO role for HSA’s franchise wing HSF Affiliates, which predominately oversees the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices franchise brand. In spring 2024, the company — the last remaining defendant in the Sitzer-Burnett antitrust compensation case — settled for $250 million over the next four years.

As head of the US’s largest family-owned brokerage, third-generation company leader Hanna maintains a large, respected industry voice as the lead of a firm that harkens back to a previous industry era – when family-owned brokerages had more prominence among the industry’s largest firms. Howard Hanna, which operates in 13 states, ranks as the nation’s 13th largest firm by sales volume, with more than 10,000 agents doing $24.2 billion in annual sales. In 2024, the company continued its expansion with acquisitions of brokerages in Ohio and South Carolina.

Having rejoined Keller Williams Realty as CEO in November 2023 (after playing a vital role in the firm’s explosive growth from 2005 to 2015), Willis added the title of president in 2024. He is a respected voice in the industry, with a proven track record. In his leadership position, he plays a vital role in helping the Austin, Texas-based firm retain its industry franchise dominance. Keller Williams remains the U.S.’s largest franchise brand by sales volume ($357.6 million), agent count (157,642), and transaction sides (850,462).

Kelman is entering his 20th year leading Redfin, the nation’s 13th largest brokerage and the most popular real estate portal operated by a brokerage. Always a smart, thoughtful industry voice, he continued sharing his impassioned positions in opinion pieces through his company’s influential news and research division. In 2024, Kelman expanded a revamped agent-compensation plan, Redfin Next, aimed at attracting and retaining top agent talent with commission splits in lieu of just salaries. The company followed up in December with the nationwide launch of Redfin Teams, which extended the Next compensation model to a flexible platform for teams.

Soper serves as president of Canada’s largest real estate brokerage enterprise, Bridgemarq Real Estate Services, which owns and operates the brands Royal LePage, Via Capitale, Johnston & Daniel and Proprio Direct in Quebec, which it formally integrated in early 2024. The company, which serves more than 20,000 agents through its brokerage and franchise operations, launched an investment platform targeting individual real estate investors in 2024. The top executive at the largest Canadian real estate company since 2004, after he oversaw the restructure of Royal LePage into a publicly traded company under the Bridgemarq name, Soper remains among the most powerful leaders in real estate.

In his two years as executive vice president, Kelly has emerged as the clear No. 2 to the firm’s president and CEO Gino Blefari and the heir apparent for the nation’s fourth largest real estate enterprise by sales volume ($196 billion). He also plays a leadership role in HomeServices of America (HSA) brokerage Ebby Halliday Companies as executive chair. Before joining Ebby Halliday in 2018, he served as HSA’s senior counsel supporting acquisitions and technology initiatives.

Duffy leads a large real estate network in United Real Estate, which operates residential, country and auctioneering divisions. Its residential division operates with a fee-based business model with both company-owned and franchised offices. The firm remains one of the fastest-growing national brokerages. In 2024, it acquired real estate brokerages in Florida, Tennessee, Texas and Alabama to continue its steady, methodical growth.

Pareja, who had been leading development and refinement of eXp Realty’s agent value proposition and its competitive positioning since 2022, became the firm’s CEO in April 2024. Drawing on more than two decades real estate experience, Pareja oversees one of the nation’s fastest growing cloud-based brokerages. Most recently he played a significant role in helping educate the industry to better navigate changes in the wake of the NAR settlement. He has played significant roles in the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals and co-founded an East Coast private lending company and the MLS technology vendor Remine.

Poleg leads one of the nation’s 25 largest brokerages in Real, whose over 13,000 agents do more than $21 billion in annual sales. He has orchestrated rapid growth for the firm he-cofounded in 2014 by leveraging a revenue-sharing, capped model that incentivizes organic growth. In 2024, he oversaw the release of two new programs to further the firm’s growth with Private Label, which allows firms to retain their branding on Real’s platform, and ProTeams, which allows teams to customize payments programs to agents. The firm also launched a new luxury division, Real Luxury.

White Jr. oversees the day-to-day operation of the more than 1,100 company-owned and franchised offices within Anywhere Real Estate’s highly regarded luxury brand, Sotheby’s International Realty, which ranks as the nation’s fourth largest real estate brand by annual sales volume (approximately $143 billion). White became CEO of the affiliate network in 2013 and added the company-owned stores to his leadership portfolio in 2019.

Carlson joined the nation’s third largest franchise brand, Re/Max Holdings, as CEO in November 2023. He has led the company to a return to profitability in 2024 (after seeing a net loss in 2023). In his role, the 28-year veteran of the DISH Network Corporation oversees Re/Max’s global franchise network and its mortgage brokerages within the U.S. under the Motto Mortgage brand. Carlson is also on the Re/Max Holdings board of directors.

As the leaders of At World, a holding company that owns the brokerages @property and Ansley Real Estate, and the global real estate franchise brand Christie’s International Real Estate, Golden and Wong grew a dynamic company. In late 2024, Compass announced an agreement to acquire the firm with an expected close in 2025 with Golden and Wong continuing to lead the Christie’s affiliate network when the deal closes.

Dwiggins leads NextHome, a fast-growing real estate franchise, with more than 600 active offices across the U.S. He has emerged as an influential industry voice with his popular podcast “Real Estate Unfiltered” that digests important industry topics, most notably in 2024 addressing the changing compensation landscape. A third-generation real estate professional with over 20 years in the industry, he founded NextHome in 2014. He also co-founded a tech platform for agents, Rayse, in 2020.

Widdows runs Scottsdale, Arizona-based HomeSmart, which he founded in 2000 with a fee-based brokerage model in which agents pay transaction and membership fees in lieu of splitting commissions with the brokerage. The company has approximately 25,000 agents at company-owned and franchised offices who do over $34 billion in annual sales. In 2024, Widdows helped orchestrate his firm’s settling in the Gibson-Umpa case.

Jewgieniew founded and leads Realty One Group, the nation’s 10th largest real estate enterprise with more than 19,000 agents doing nearly $34 billion in annual sales. The firm, which settled in the Sitzer-Burnett compensation suit in April, opened 14 new American markets in 2024. In 2024, Jewgieniew also helped develop a new subsidiary to allow Phoenix-area agents to disassociate with NAR in favor of the local MLS Choice program. In addition, the firm launched a proprietary agent coaching platform and announced a new Canadian franchise model in 2024.

In one of the biggest jumps on this list, Srivatsaa moves up from No. 117 reflecting the agent-centered tech platform’s continued remarkable growth, and his growing presence and influence in the industry. A dynamic leader with a respected voice in the industry, he has helped Real expand its operations to operate in all 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C. and Canada, since joining the firm as president in 2022. Real is a top 20 brokerage nationally with over $21 billion in sales volume. Srivatsaa is also chair of real estate private equity company ARC Multifamily Group.

The third-generation leader of the brokerage his grandfather founded in 1931, Scott has overseen the Pacific Northwest-based firm since 1980. The company’s more than 2,700 agents at company-owned and franchised offices in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Northern California, do over $12.5 billion in annual sales. In 2024, the firm settled in Gibson-Umpa for an undisclosed amount. Scott is actively involved in fair housing and diversity initiatives both independently, through the development of his firm’s Partner-up Program to attract individuals of diversity to the industry and through his work with NAR’s Board of Directors.

Umansky’s luxury real estate firm, The Agency, has grown into one of the nation’s largest since its launch in 2011. The Los Angeles-based brokerage has more than 1,700 agents doing over $7 billion in sales. In 2024, the company continued its expansion in New York, Florida and Arkansas. Umanksy also launched an alternative to NAR in the American Real Estate Association (with Jason Haber) and started a real estate coaching network. A real estate celebrity who rose to consumer fame via reality television, Umansky also suggested in 2024 he might renew a lawsuit he filed in 2019 against NAR alleging the association’s Clear Cooperation policy, which effectively ended his PLS.com, violated antitrust law.

As president and CEO of Century 21 Real Estate, Miedler oversees the nation’s sixth largest real estate brand. The brand has nearly 46,000 U.S. affiliate agents who do over $80 billion in annual sales. In 2024, the firm continued its growth with new franchisees in Las Vegas, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Baltimore and more (noticeably partnering with minority- and female-owned brokerages). Miedler formerly served as the company’s global chief growth officer leading the franchise sales team to capture share in emerging and diverse markets.

O’Bryon has been at Re/Max Gold Nation as CEO for more than 25 years. In that time, he has grown the company immensely from its Northern California base. The brokerage is part of Gold Nation, for which O’Bryon oversees over 2,400 agents, who do over $12 billion in annual sales, operating in California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Arizona, and Washington. In 2024, the company launched Gold Capital Partners, allowing agents and staff to own a part of Gold Nation.

Swartzman runs Peerage Realty Partners, which owns a network of brokerages in the luxury real estate space across North America, and, collectively, operates the U.S.’s eighth largest brokerage. The firm — which does approximately $23 billion in annual sales — has grown through acquisitions of large brokerages, many of them affiliates of Sotheby’s International Realty. Before joining Peerage in 2014, Swartzman oversaw 15 partner firms and real estate activity across MDC Partners’ entire network.

Brothers Chris and Ryan lead the firm their father, CEO William “Bill” Raveis, founded in 1974. Ryan oversees strategy and operations. Chris is responsible for residential sales business and growth. The firm operates throughout the Northeast and Florida with nearly 4,400 agents who do more than $18 billion in annual sales. In 2024, the brokerage acquired another Nantucket-based brokerage and continued its Mid-Atlantic expansion with a South Carolina brokerage acquisition.

Scavone leads Weichert Realtors, which operates the nation’s 13th largest brokerage with approximately 7,000 agents who do about $18 billion in annual sales. The 20-year veteran at Weichert took the helm of the brokerage side of the business in July 2022 after leading the franchise side, Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, as president since 2016. The company also operates the U.S.’s 10th largest franchise brand.

Since 1999, Ochsner has owned Denver-based brokerage Re/Max Alliance, which has nearly 700 agents who do approximately $3 billion in annual sales. He is a second-generation Realtor who has also served as a director of the Colorado Association of Realtors and has been on the board of the Denver Metro Association of Realtors and REcolorado (Denver’s MLS), as well as the advisory boards of Realtor.com, Zillow and Trulia. Ochsner also owns mortgage and insurance companies and is active in land development.

Huskey oversees operations and strategy for the Naples, Florida-based Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, with offices reaching from Florida’s Gulf Coast to North Carolina’s High Country. He joined Premier SIR after retiring as CEO of Coldwell Banker Real Estate in 2016. In 2024, Huskey brought in a new senior vice president of development and appointed Jackie Thiel to succeed him in the role of company president.

Webber oversees Majestic Realty Collective, a brokerage company built of several Sotheby’s International Realty brokerages. LIV Sotheby’s International Realty is the collective’s largest firm with 57 offices in five western states. Majestic Realty Collective ranks as the U.S.’s 18th largest brokerage with more than $11 billion in annual sales. Webber has over four decades of real estate experience including time as a senior vice president at Anywhere Real Estate.

Brothers Dan and Stuart lead Michigan’s largest real estate company, which continued to expand in the state in 2024. Dan manages Real Estate One’s brokerage services, while Stuart helms financial services. They are the third generation to lead the company founded by their grandfather in 1929. REO is a top 40 national brokerage with approximately 1,900 agents doing over $5 billion in annual sales. Three fourth generation Elsea’s currently work at the firm as well managing branch offices.

Alexander has helmed Canada’s largest real estate franchise brand since 2021. As president of Re/Max Canada, he oversees operations in all Canadian provinces but Quebec, which remains independent, although he works closely with their leaders to build comprehensive brand strategy. Alexander, who began his career as a Re/Max sales associate in 2010, is the grandson of Frank J. Polzler, who co-founded the first Re/Max region in Atlantic Canada in 1980.

As head of Century 21 Canada, one of the franchise’s most successful regions globally, Charlwood oversees nearly 400 offices across Canada. He succeeded his father, who launched the firm in 1976, as CEO. He is also a director at Charlwood Pacific Group, which owns the Centum real estate franchise in Canada and Century 21 Asia-Pacific as well as Uniglobe Travel International and Real Property Management (Germany, Mexico, France and Spain rights).

Baird runs Baird & Warner, which has over 2,200 agents who do approximately $5 billion in annual sales in Illinois, Wisconsin and Florida. His great-great-grandfather, Lyman Baird, founded the Chicagoland brokerage in 1855, which makes the company one of the nation’s two oldest surviving brokerages. In 2024, the company settled the Gibson-Umpa copycat commissions suit in Illinois. Meanwhile, the firm revamped its agent offerings by unveiling a refreshed brand identity (the first in 40 years) with a comprehensive digital media platform in the fourth quarter.

Haase oversees strategy and operations for United Real Estate’s brokerage and franchise business. His efforts have seen rewarding growth. United Real Estate is now the nation’s 14th largest brokerage with more than 15,000 agents doing nearly $17 billion in annual sales. In 2024, the firm acquired two New Orleans-area firms as well brokerages in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, Naples, Florida and Huntsville, Alabama. Haase previously led Louisiana-based brokerage Latter & Blum from 2010 to 2018.

As CEO of BHHS Fox & Roach Realtors, Flick V leads over 4,500 agents in more than 75 offices in Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Having spent his entire post-graduate career in mortgages and real estate, Flick became CEO in 2018. Flick also heads The Trident Group, an affiliated services company formed by his father before the real estate firm joined BHHS in 2013.

Wright serves as president of Majestic Realty Collective, a brokerage company that includes several Sotheby’s International Realty brokerages. LIV Sotheby’s International Realty is the collective’s largest firm – in total, the firm has 57 offices in five western states. All together Majestic Realty Collective is the 18th largest brokerage in the U.S. with over $11 billion in annual sales. Wright also serves as principal broker of the collective’s Summit Sotheby’s brokerage.

As president, Waugh manages day-to-day operations of Coldwell Banker Affiliates with a focus on accelerating growth and enhancing services for the Coldwell Banker brand. Before taking the helm at Coldwell Banker Affiliates in October 2023, Waugh served as president of BHHS Northwest Real Estate and BHHS Real Estate Professionals. As steward of the Coldwell Banker brand, owned by Anywhere, Waugh reports to the parent company’s Liz Gehringer, the former president of Coldwell Banker Affiliates, and works in tandem with Kamini Rangappan Lane, who leads the company-owned offices branded to Coldwell Banker.

Palmer runs Lake Mary, Florida-based LPT Realty, which he founded in 2021 with a high-growth capped brokerage model. Like other fast-growing brokerages, LPT Realty leverages revenue sharing, equity grants and a relatively low-cap commission model for agents. The cloud-based brokerage had reached 25 states by the end of 2023 and added 13 more in 2024. In December 2024, it acquired California-based Big Block Realty, which does over $3 billion in annual sales. Palmer also added Michael Valdes to the team in 2024 to expand LPT’s international presence. Before launching LPT Realty, Palmer founded mortgage company RP Funding, which he still runs as president.

Fregenal leads the publicly held, North Carolina-based Fathom Holdings, which integrates residential brokerage, mortgage, title and technology offerings. Fathom in November 2024 acquired Arizona-based My Home Group, one of the nation’s largest brokerages by sales volume, to expand its national footprint and grow its agent network 9% to 12,383. The company also revamped its agent commission plans to accelerate sustainable growth. Its new Fathom Max plan offers a transaction fee of $465 with a $9,000 annual cap while the Fathom Share plan features a 12% commission split with a $12,000 annual cap.

Since co-founding Crye-Leike in Memphis over four decades ago with Dick Leike, Crye has built his firm into a Mid-South powerhouse. Its company-owned brokerage division has nearly 2,800 agents who do over $5 billion in annual sales across eight states. Crye oversaw the company’s navigation of the Gibson compensation case with the firm again seeking a court dismissal in October 2024 along with other defendants. The firm acquired another long-time Memphis competitor, The Garland Company, in June.

Vidal leads ERA Real Estate, part of the Anywhere family of brands, and a top 15 franchise brand with almost 13,000 agents doing over $24 million in annual sales. He appointed Frank Malpica as ERA’s new senior vice president of Franchise Development, Mergers & Acquisitions in February. The company subsequently added new partners in Florida, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Washington and Texas. ERA also launched a new free, national coaching program for its agents and a new campaign targeting agent attraction. Vidal serves on the board of National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals.

As president of BHHS PenFed Realty since 2006, Wiles has helped grow the Virginia-based firm with just under 2,000 agents doing nearly $6 billion in annual sales. Among the nation’s fastest growing residential firms, BHHS PenFed Realty is one of the country’s top 35 largest brokerages. Prior to joining PenFed as founding president and principal broker, Wiles owned and operated Vestra Realty & Development. He is an industry veteran of more than three decades.

Bain became CEO of Long & Foster Companies in 2023 and added the president position in 2024. In this role, he oversees the Mid-Atlantic region’s largest real estate company. Bain joined the company in 2010 and served as president of its insurance, rental service center and property management businesses. Bain also launched the firm’s home inspections business before bringing his more than three decades of real estate industry expertise to his leadership of the parent company.

Osborn and Garrett run Waterloo Associates, which is a major investor in five Keller Williams Realty regions and multiple market centers. Osborn founded Waterloo Associates in 2017 and is co-author of “Wealth Can’t Wait.” Garrett is operating principal of a Waterloo Associates’ portfolio company, Keller Williams GO Network Offices, which he co-founded with Osborn. KW Go has more than 3,900 agents who do nearly $9 billion in annual sales, which makes the franchisee the third largest in the U.S.

In his over three decades as president and owner of William Pitt | Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty, Breunich has built the company into a market leader with agents in Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts doing more than $5 billion in annual sales. In 2024, the firm ranked as the ninth largest brokerage in the U.S. by sales volume.

As president and CEO, Mason oversaw the Minnesota-based Edina Realty’s continued expansion in Wisconsin and its opening of a new market in southwestern Florida. The company in April opened an office in Naples to serve communities along the Gulf Coast between Sarasota and Marco Island. Mason also leads the company’s title, mortgage, home warranty, insurance and relocation businesses. He started at Edina Realty in 1986 as a title examiner and became CEO in 2014.

Morris owns and runs Keller Williams Realty Forward Living, which has nearly 1,100 agents who do nearly $2 billion in annual sales. He is also a KW regional owner for central and southern California, westside and coastal Los Angeles. Morris, in 2023, started Dream House Capital to help first-time homebuyers renovate and own value-add properties. He is the co-author of “Wealth Can’t Wait” with David Osborn.

Davidson leads Cairn Real Estate Holdings with a portfolio that includes the large brokerage and franchise operator JP and Associates Realtors (JPAR), which operates a fee-based brokerage model and has more than 4,200 agents who do over $7 billion in annual sales. In 2024, JPAR revamped its agent revenue model — dropping its cap fees from 23 to 16 sides — and hired Agently for agent training to further support brokerage growth. Davidson, a more than 35-year industry veteran, formerly led Century 21 Real Estate as CEO from 2010 to 2017.

Leisey has led Omaha, Nebraska-based BHHS Ambassador Real Estate since 1985. The firm reportedly has over 1,000 agents in Omaha, Lincoln and surrounding areas, who do nearly $3 billion in annual sales. Leisey also founded the Explosion Real Estate Conference and the BHHS millennial networking group, The REThink Council.

Woodroof runs Houston’s largest brokerage in Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene. First founded in 1963, and purchased by BHGRE in 2012, the firm has more than 950 agents who do more than $2 billion in annual sales. It is one of the top 100 firms in the nation. Woodroof has also served in leadership roles for national, state, and local real estate associations.

As president and CEO of Coldwell Banker Real Estate Group, second-generation leader Prodehl helms one of the US’s 50 largest real estate brokerages. The Midwest firm has more than 1,600 agents who do approximately $4 billion in annual sales across Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. Prodehl will begin his 25th year with the firm in 2025.

With Golod as a leader focused on Compass’s growth, the company made big moves in 2024. After acquiring Louisiana-based Latter and Blum and Tennessee-based Parks Realty, the enterprise announced a fourth quarter deal with real estate giant At World Properties. Expected to close in early 2025, the agreement will help Compass retain its place as the U.S.’s largest brokerage by sales volume. Golod, who took on his growth and communications role in 2023, has been with Compass since 2014. He has held various roles across the company including chief of staff to founder and CEO Robert Reffkin.

Kruse runs the world’s largest Century 21-affiliated company with more than 1,450 agents doing nearly $4 billion in annual sales. With offices in Michigan, California, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois, Century 21 Affiliated is among the brand’s leaders by production. Kruse began his career with Century 21 straight out of the University of Minnesota and became CEO in 2015.

The third-generation leader of the family-owned brokerage Shorewest Realtors, Horning leads approximately 830 agents in Wisconsin who do more than $2 billion in annual sales. Horning works alongside his brother, John P. Horning, to grow this Midwest brokerage staple. His industry involvement also includes working on the board of the Wisconsin Association of Realtors and serving leadership or advisory roles with Markt, LeadingRE and NAR.

Fair serves as the regional owner for Keller Williams Realty Pinnacle Partners Group in the New York tri-state area. He oversees more than 4,000 agents who do nearly $6 billion in annual sales, making the brokerage one of the nation’s 30 largest. His domain also includes four Atlanta-based real estate offices.

Hetherington leads one of the nation’s largest Century 21 affiliates in Century 21 New Millennium. The firm has 25 offices serving Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. markets. It expanded into West Virginia in 2023. Hetherington, who previously served in the military, launched his first brokerage in 1990 and, with a series of acquisitions, he has helped guide growth at a company that now includes lending, insurance, title and home warranty units.

Reierson leads Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Arizona, California, Nevada Properties. He joined BHHS Nevada Properties as general manager in 2022 and became its CEO within seven months. Also a business coach, trainer and speaker, Reierson has worked in sales and business development for more than two decades.

As president and CEO of Pittsburgh’s Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices The Preferred Realty, Hosack oversees one of the nation’s top 75 brokerages. Its more than 2,100 agents across Western Pennsylvania and Ohio do more than $3 billion in annual sales. Hosack is a board member of the collaborative, consumer-facing Broker Public Portal as well as Upstream and West Penn MLS.

Serhant founded his fast-growing eponymous firm in 2020. It has become a multidimensional real estate brokerage with agents across eight east coast states, an extensive social audience and a YouTube network, “Listed,” dedicated to lifestyle and real estate shows featuring its agents. Serhant starred in two Bravo shows (e.g., “Million Dollar Listing New York”) and executive produced Netflix’s “Owning Manhattan.” He is also a published author and podcast host who an investor in Major League Pickleball.

President of Allen Tate Companies since 2021, Scott oversees 1,800 agents in more than 70 offices across the Carolinas. Howard Hanna’s largest brokerage brand in the region, the firm in 2024 expanded its footprint with seven new acquisitions. The new offices expand its North Carolina presence in the mountains and Triad region as well as in upstate South Carolina while marking the company’s entrance into South Carolina’s Lowcountry. With more than 30 years industry experience, Scott has previously held leadership positions at Long & Foster, Patterson-Schwartz and Prudential Preferred.

Lamacchia founded the Massachusetts-based real estate company bearing his name in 2009. Today the company reports $1.7 billion in annual sales from its more than 700 agents across 19 offices and continues to grow. His reach has expanded to now include leadership over property management and development companies as well. He has served in committee and board roles for the Massachusetts Association of Realtors as well as NAR.

As CEO of Washington, D.C.-based TTR Sotheby’s International Realty since 2011, Lowham oversees approximately 600 agents who do nearly $4 billion in annual sales. A graduate of Stanford University, he is a second-generation real estate professional who made his first sale at the age of 19. He also serves on the executive committee for Bright MLS.

As CEO of BHHS Homesale Realty, Messick leads nearly 1,300 agents who do nearly $4 billion in annual sales in Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, he joined Homesale Realty in 2004 after starting his career at American Home Bank as a mortgage consultant. Messick, who became CEO in 2019, credits his leadership skills to his experience in the U.S. Navy.

A real estate broker since 1984, Myers is President of the Southern California-based Re/Max One. He oversees 450 agents at a firm he has led since 2018. In 2018, the firm joined Re/Max Gold Nation to expand its reach in California and Nevada. Myers, a four-decade industry veteran, has also co-owned and been a managing partner of Landmark Escrow Inc. since 1998.

Donny Samson leads the brokerage his father, Danny, founded in Chantilly, Virginia, in 1986. The firm has nearly 5,500 agents in the mid-Atlantic region who do more than $8 billion in annual sales. Donny took on the role of CEO in 2019 after serving as chief operating officer for three years. The fee-based brokerage has 37 offices across Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Washington, D.C.

Van den Bossche brings over 30 years of executive experience as president of Realty Executives International. This top 20 franchise brand’s nearly 6,000 U.S. affiliated agents do nearly $15 billion in annual sales. A licensed real estate professional since 2005, he has an extensive background with startup companies in a variety of industries. A native of the Netherlands, he is also a long-time member of the International Young Presidents Organization (YPO).

As CEO of the Schmidt Family of Companies, Schmidt oversees more than 1,800 agents at Coldwell Banker- and Century 21-branded offices in Michigan, Ohio, both coasts of Florida, and the U.S. Virgin Islands who do nearly $4 billion in annual sales. He is the fifth generation to lead the company, which has been family-owned since 1927.

Mitchell launched his Arizona-based firm in 2006. With his innovative business-to-business brokerage model, which serves as the brokerage wing for partner mortgage companies and other institutional firms, the firm has grown to become the nation’s 45th largest brokerage. Mitchell oversees operations in more than 40 states for a company that does over $4 billion in annual sales.

In his role as president and CEO of Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty, Bullock oversees nearly 500 San Francisco Bay Area agents who do nearly $4 billion in annual sales. In 1991, he co-founded Decker Bullock Realty, which affiliated with Sotheby’s in 2007 and rebranded as Golden Gate a decade later. Bullock began his career in real estate in 1982 after working as a corporate trainer and serving in the U.S. Marines.

As chair and CEO, Spain leads the Alpharetta, Georgia-based brokerage he founded in 2016. The company, which employs a business generation model, does nearly $3 billion in annual sales. With offices throughout the southeastern United States and a Guaranteed Offer program widely publicized in its service areas, Mark Spain Real Estate has become one of the top 100 brokerages in the nation. Before establishing his brokerage, this second-generation agent worked for Keller Williams Realty and Re/Max.

Hunt is a third-generation leader at the New York-based firm his grandfather founded in 1911. The firm now has nearly 1,800 agents who do over $3 billion in annual sales. The company operates a full suite of real estate services, including mortgage, title, insurance and commercial divisions. In 2024, the company’s flat-fee brokerage, Revinre, purchased the Hunt Real Estate branch offices in Arizona. Hunt’s son Charles F. Hunt serves as firm president, continuing the family’s leadership into the fourth generation.

Mesa oversees Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty’s approximately 1,700 agents who do more than $3 billion in annual sales. He leads the strategic planning and growth initiatives for the Sunrise, Florida-based firm and brings more than 40 years of industry experience to his roles on various NAR boards and committees.

As president of residential sales for Memphis-based Crye-Leike Realtors, Brown oversees company and franchise operations covering approximately 2,800 agents who do nearly $6 billion in annual sales. He has worked for the company for over four decades, initially serving as branch office manager. Brown has served the industry both locally and nationally and was a founding member of Crye-Leike’s Circle of Excellence, which recognizes continued learning, service to the community, sales volume and exemplary ethical behavior.

Milam runs Wilmington, North Carolina-based Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage, which has approximately 1,800 agents who do more than $6 billion in annual sales. The firm is among the top 30 brokerages in the nation. Wilmington Sea Coast Properties, founded in 1988, affiliated with Coldwell Banker in 1993.

Cantrell is executive vice president of strategy for United Real Estate, which is the nation’s 14th largest brokerage with more than 15,000 agents doing nearly $17 billion in annual sales. In 2024, Cantrell spearheaded the launch of United’s Financial Wellness Program. He also continues to lead the Franklin, Tennessee-based Benchmark Realty he founded in 2006 which has offices throughout middle Tennessee, southern Kentucky and northern Alabama.

Jacuzzi started his Select Group of Real Estate Services Companies in 1980 in California. Since then, the group has grown to include five brokerages in California and Nevada. The Select Group today has nearly 1,400 agents who do more than $3 billion in annual sales, which puts it in the top 75 among national brokerages. Jacuzzi began his career in the industry as an agent for Century 21.

Benson leads Engel & Völkers Gestalt Group, which has offices located in Utah, California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Washington and Idaho. The firm has more than 1,100 agents that do over $3 billion in annual sales. In 2023, Benson purchased an ownership stake in Dilbeck Real Estate, which expanded Engel & Völkers’ presence in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Benson started out as a luxury broker for Prudential in 2004.

Gillenwater has overseen Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty, which does over $4 billion in annual sales, since 2012. Active in real estate for 35 years, he first joined the firm in 1994. Lyon, board chair since 2008 when the firm joined Sotheby’s International Realty, is the third generation to lead the firm. Established in 1947, the company is now one of the nation’s top 50 brokerages with more than 900 agents across Arizona.

Scarafile leads the Charleston, South Carolina-based Carolina One Real Estate, which has more than 1,000 agents who do nearly $4 billion in annual sales. Scarafile joined the state’s largest real estate company in 2005, took over as president in 2011 and as CEO in 2020. He is the current chair of The Realty Alliance board of directors and serves on the board of the Charleston Regional Development Alliance.

In 2024, Masiello took the role of chair at the New England-based brokerage his father founded in 1966. The Masiello Group is a second-generation family company with close to 600 agents who do approximately $1.6 billion in annual sales. In 2024, the firm launched a website to share listing compensation percentages. The Masiello Group also includes title, referral and other real estate services.

Crane oversees Intero Real Estate Services which serves northern California and Nevada with 16 offices throughout the greater Silicon Valley, San Francisco, western Nevada, and Lake Tahoe region. The Intero Franchise network comprises 23 affiliates located in California, Nevada, Tennessee, and Texas. Intero is a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate and wholly owned subsidiary of HomeServices of America. Crane was co-founder of an Intero office in 2002 and has worked with the company for 23 years. He began his real estate career in 1992.

Trapani began his real estate career in 1990 and rose through the ranks at Century 21 and Coldwell Banker in California before launching the luxury, boutique real estate firm Sereno in 2006. The firm partnered with Christie’s International Realty in 2022. Today, Christie’s Sereno is one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s largest locally operated and owned real estate firm with a reported 575 agents. The firm in 2024 extended its reach in California’s Wine Country with an expansion into the St. Helena market.

Mitchell and Crumbley co-own the Tampa Bay-based BHHS Florida Properties Group. Mitchell, a third-generation Realtor, and Crumbley started with the firm in 1984. They are also co-owners of Capstone Tropical Holdings, which comprises title, insurance and facilities management groups as well as the brokerage with more than 900 agents doing approximately $1.7 billion in 2023 sales. The duo played college football together at the University of Alabama under Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant.

As president of Group Financial Partners, Flanagan helps oversee the large Fort Collins, Colorado-based brokerage The Group Real Estate, its ancillary businesses, and the popular sphere-focused real estate coaching program Ninja Selling in the firm’s portfolio. Previously, the 20-year-industry-veteran served as chief innovation officer at The Group Real Estate, which has nearly 300 agents who do over $2 billion in annual sales.

Russ Anderson is the leader of two Sotheby’s International Realty affiliates within Peerage Realty Partners’ stable. He is president and CEO at North Texas brokerage Briggs Freeman SIR and president at Pacific SIR in Southern California. Anderson joined Briggs Freeman in 2018 as chief operating officer and became president in 2021. He brings 30 years of experience in finance, banking and sales management to his roles overseeing strategic objectives for both firms. Peerage Realty has a partnership interest in both companies.