Gary Keller Keller Williams Realty CEO Rating

Keller Williams Realty CEO Gary Keller Bio

Gary Keller helps set the strategic direction to create alignment, scale, and efficiencies across the Keller Williams ecosystem. He is focused on expanding market share and helping agents boost their production to fund their lives and create opportunities through technology.

Gary graduated from Baylor University in 1979 with a degree in marketing and real estate. He helped five families buy a home his first month in the business, and by age 26 was the vice president of expansion for Austin’s then-largest real estate company. He resigned from the position, and three and a half years later, his new firm was the largest in town – a position it retains to this day. Gary soon took his company and his philosophy of “people helping people” nationally, then internationally.

Gary is the New York Times bestselling author of several books, including The Millionaire Real Estate Agent, The Millionaire Real Estate Investor, SHIFT: How Top Real Estate Agents Tackle Tough Times, and The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results, which reached #1 on the Wall Street Journal business bestseller list.

A recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and finalist for Inc. Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year, Keller is widely recognized as a business leader. REALTOR® Magazine named him one of real estate’s most influential thought leaders. A REAL Trends survey identified Gary as one of the five “Most Admired People” in real estate.

In 2015, Inman News named Keller as one of the top real estate “doers” who are driving change in the industry. And, in 2016, Swanepoel named him one of the five most powerful people in residential real estate. In 2020, Gary Keller officially stepped into a new role as executive chairman at kwx, transitioning all of his previous Keller Williams responsibilities and duties to the president’s position.

A teacher at heart, Gary has been acknowledged as a distinguished alumnus of both his high school and Baylor, where he established the Keller Center for Research in the Hankamer School of Business. Gary continues to teach seminars across North America and coaches small-business owners and entrepreneurs. He also guides the development of innovative new initiatives, including KW Kids Can.

A noted philanthropist and supporter of the arts, Keller and his wife, Mary Pfluger, live in Austin. His passions include fly fishing, hunting, snow skiing, golf, music, reading, movies, sports, dogs, and spending as much time as possible with his son, John.

Keller Williams Realty CEO Gary Keller At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Keller Williams Realty.

Based on 166 ratings, Gary Keller ranks right above JohnHart Real Estate's CEO, Harout Keuroghlian.

Keller Williams Realty's CEO is highly regarded by Native American employees, the Marketing department, and African American/Black employees. However, employees who have been at the company 1 to 2 Years and employees who have been at the company Less than 1 Year have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.