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Danny & Donny Samson

Founder & CEO, 
Samson Properties
2025 Rank: 140
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.

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