Leading Executives in Other Real Estate
Brian Bair
Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, Offerpad Solutions
Co-founded Offerpad and has served as CEO since 2015; became chairman in 2021 while steering the iBuyer’s evolution through multiple market cycles.
Gary Beasley
Co‑Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Roofstock
Co-founder and CEO who built Roofstock into a leading online marketplace for single‑family rental investing.
Brian Chesky
Co‑Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Airbnb
Co‑founder and CEO who scaled Airbnb into a global hosting platform and is now pushing an expanded “everything app” vision for services and experiences.
Mark Dixon
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, IWG (Regus, Spaces, etc.)
Flexible workspace pioneer; founded Regus (now IWG) and leads a 4,000‑location global network serving the hybrid work era.
Damian Eales
Chief Executive Officer, Move, Inc. (operator of Realtor.com)
Appointed CEO in 2023; under his tenure Realtor.com relocated its headquarters to Austin, Texas to accelerate growth and talent acquisition.
Andy Florance
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, CoStar Group
Founder/CEO who digitized commercial real estate and recently drove Homes.com’s surge while earning repeated industry power‑leader recognitions.
Barry Gosin
Chief Executive Officer; Chairman of Newmark & Co. Real Estate, Inc., Newmark Group
Longtime CEO who in February 2025 also became chairman of Newmark’s operating company as the firm continues global expansion.
Rob Greyber
Chief Executive Officer, Vacasa
Travel-tech veteran who became CEO in 2022 and leads North America’s largest full‑service vacation rental manager.
Dana Jones
Chief Executive Officer & President, RealPage
CEO since 2021 guiding one of the largest property‑management software platforms and spearheading AI initiatives like Lumina AI.
Glenn Kelman
Chief Executive Officer, Redfin, Redfin (a Rocket Companies subsidiary)
Redfin’s CEO since 2005; continued to lead the brokerage after Rocket Companies completed its acquisition on July 1, 2025.
Michelle MacKay
Global Chief Executive Officer, Cushman & Wakefield
Elevated to CEO after serving as president/COO; now oversees the global commercial real estate services firm’s operations and strategy.
Kaz Nejatian
Chief Executive Officer (appointed Sept. 10, 2025), Opendoor Technologies
Named CEO on September 10, 2025, as co‑founders Keith Rabois (chair) and Eric Wu rejoined the board; employment effective no later than October 7, 2025.
Robert Reffkin
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Compass
Founder/CEO who has led Compass to the top of U.S. brokerage rankings and was ranked No. 1 on the 2025 Swanepoel Power 200.
Glenn Sanford
Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, eXp World Holdings (parent of eXp Realty)
Founder of eXp Realty and CEO of eXp World Holdings, stewarding the cloud‑based brokerage’s rapid agent growth and platform expansion.
Janice Sears
Interim Chief Executive Officer, Sonder Holdings
Appointed interim CEO on June 25, 2025, to lead the tech‑enabled hospitality brand following co‑founder Francis Davidson’s departure.
Bob Sulentic
Chair & Chief Executive Officer, CBRE
President & CEO since 2012 (now also board chair), leading the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm.
Shane Trigg
President & Chief Executive Officer, AppFolio
SaaS veteran who became CEO in March 2023, driving growth of the cloud platform used by property managers nationwide.
Christian Ulbrich
Global Chief Executive Officer & President, JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle)
Global CEO & President since 2016, steering one of the world’s largest real estate services companies through tech‑ and sustainability‑led strategy.
Jeremy Wacksman
Chief Executive Officer, Zillow Group
Longtime Zillow exec promoted to CEO in August 2024 as co‑founder Rich Barton moved to co‑executive chair; now leading the company’s next growth phase.
Anant Yardi
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Yardi Systems
Founder/CEO who pioneered integrated property‑management software and has led Yardi’s multi‑decade growth into a global industry mainstay.
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