The Inman Power Players awards recognize the most innovative and influential executives in the real estate industry.

Inman is known for covering the real estate industry’s key leaders, newsmakers and market movers. With our finger on the pulse, this is a list of the most powerful people in the residential real estate industry. 

The 2025 list of Inman Power Players includes an impressive list of leaders, executives and founders as well as innovators and visionaries — each of whom is playing a key role in shaping the industry’s future.

This year’s list features individuals from the residential real estate, mortgage, finance and proptech ecosystems.

The 2025 Inman Power Players

Thad Wong, Co-CEO, @properties | Christie's International Real Estate

Michael Golden, Co-CEO, @properties | Christie's International Real Estate

Spencer Rascoff, Co-founder and General Partner, 75 & Sunny

Alex Rampell, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

Angela Strange, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

Sue Yannaccone, CEO & President, Anywhere Brands

Liz Gehringer, CEO & President, Anywhere Franchise Brands

Ryan Schneider, Director, CEO & President, Anywhere Real Estate

Matt Consalvo, CEO, Arizona Regional MLS

Rob Barber, CEO, ATTOM

Steve Baird, CEO & President, Baird & Warner

AJ Barkley, Head of Neighborhood and Community Lending, Bank of America

Gino Blefari, CEO & President, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices

Ginger Wilcox, President, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate

Nima Ghamsari, Founder & CEO, Blend

Phil Soper, CEO & President, Bridgemarq Real Estate Services

Brian Donnellan, President & CEO, BrightMLS

Bess Freedman, CEO, Brown Harris Stevens

Dermot Buffini, CEO, Buffini & Company

Brian Buffini, Founder & Chairman, Buffini & Company

Art Carter, CEO, California Regional MLS

Mike Miedler, CEO & President, Century 21

Alex Coté, Founder & CMO, Cloze

Dan Foody, Founder & CEO, Cloze

Kamini Rangappan Lane, CEO & President, Coldwell Banker Realty

Kevelyn Guzman, Regional VP, Coldwell Banker Warburg

Robert Reffkin, CEO, Compass

Brant Morwald, President, Constellation Real Estate Group

Stephen Brobeck, Senior Fellow, Consumer Federation of America

Christian Lawless, General Partner, Conversion Capital

Pam Liebman, CEO & President, Corcoran Group

Stephanie Anton, President, Corcoran Affiliates

Andy Florance, CEO & President, CoStar Group

Denee Evans, CEO, Council of MLS

Ron Leonhardt, Founder & CEO, CrossCountry Mortgage 

Harold Crye, Owner & CEO, Crye-Leike Realtors

Michael S. Liebowitz, President & CEO, Douglas Elliman Inc.

Scott Martino, CEO, Endpoint

Stuart Siegel, CEO & President, Engel & Völkers Americas

Alex Vidal, President, ERA Real Estate

Tami Bonnell, Co-Chair, EXIT Realty

Craig Witt, CEO, EXIT Realty

Leo Pareja, CEO, eXp Realty

Kendall Bonner, VP Industry Relations & Strategic Partnerships, eXp Realty

Glenn Sanford, Founder, Chairman & CEO, eXp World Holdings

Steve Jacobson, Founder & CEO, Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. 

Priscilla Almodovar, President & CEO, Fannie Mae

Marco Fregenal, CEO, Fathom Holdings

Randy Quirk, Executive Vice-Chairman of the Board, Fidelity National Financial

Brendan Wallace, CEO & CIO, Fifth Wall

Sarah Liu, Partner, Fifth Wall

Kenneth DeGiorgio, CEO & Director, First American Financial

Diana Reid, CEO, Freddie Mac 

Drew Uher, Founder & CEO, HomeLight

Matt Widdows, Founder & CEO, HomeSmart 

Tim Heyl, Founder & CEO, Homeward

Jeremy Sicklick, Co-Founder & CEO, HouseCanary

Bob Hale, CEO & President, Houston Association of REALTORS®

Hoby Hanna, CEO & President, Howard Hanna Real Estate Services

Joe Nackashi, Vice Chair, ICE Mortgage Technology

Jeff Baker, CEO, Illinois REALTORS®

Grier Allen, Chief Strategy Officer, Inside Real Estate

Joe Skousen, CEO, Inside Real Estate

Jeff Sprecher, Founder, Chair & CEO, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

J. Lennox Scott, Chairman & CEO, John L. Scott Real Estate

Gary Keller, Executive Chairman & Co-founder, Keller Williams

Mark Willis, CEO & President, Keller Williams

Julia Lashay Israel, Head of Inclusion and Belonging, Keller Williams

Justin Wilson, Managing Director, Koch Industries

Paul Boomsma, CEO & President, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World

Frank Martell, CEO & President, loanDepot

Jimmy Kelly, CEO, Lone Wolf Technologies

Patrick Bain, CEO & President, Long & Foster Companies

Robert Palmer, Founder & Owner, LPT Realty

Malte Kramer, CEO, Luxury Presence

RJ Pittman, Chairman & CEO, Matterport

Zak Schwarzman, General Partner, MetaProp

Teresa King Kinney, CEO, Miami REALTORS®

Rebecca Jensen, CEO & President, Midwest Real Estate Data

Constance Freedman, Founder & Managing Partner, Moderne Ventures

Eric Elfman, CEO, MoxiWorks

Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist, National Association of REALTORS®

Shannon McGahn, Chief Advocacy Officer, National Association of REALTORS®

Nykia Wright, CEO, National Association of REALTORS®

Kevin Sears, 2025 NAR President, National Association of REALTORS®

Sherry Chris, Independent Consultant & Special Advisor to the CEO,
National Association of REALTORS®

Nirav Tolia, Co-founder & CEO, Nextdoor

James Dwiggins, Co-founder & CEO, NextHome

Pete Flint, General Partner, NFX

Justin Haag, CEO & President, Northwest MLS

Brian Bair, CEO & Chairman, Offerpad

Chris Heller, President, OJO

John Berkowitz, Founder & CEO, OJO

Carrie Wheeler, CEO, Opendoor

Court Cunningham, Founder & CEO, Orchard

Austin Allison, Co-founder & CEO, Pacaso

Paul Hurst, Managing Director & Chief Innovation Officer, Parker89

Ben Kinney, Co-founder, PLACE

Chris Suarez, Co-founder, PLACE

Chris Stuart, President, PLACE

Vija Williams, Head of Industry, PLACE

Pat Kinsel, CEO, Proof

Erik Carlson, CEO, RE/MAX Holdings

Dana Jones, CEO & President, RealPage

Damian Eales, CEO, Realtor.com®

Kuba Jewgieniew, Founder & CEO, Realty ONE Group

Glenn Kelman, CEO & President, Redfin

Michael Lucarelli, Co-founder & CEO, RentSpree

Xavi Hernando Bonvehi, Co-founder & CEO, Restb.ai

Varun Krishna, CEO, Rocket Companies & Rocket Mortgage

Doug Seabolt, CEO, Rocket Homes

Paul Levine, Partner, Sapphire Ventures

Ryan Serhant, Founder & CEO, SERHANT.

Guy Gal, CEO, Side

Hilary Saunders, Co-founder & Chief Broker Officer, Side

Tyler Smith, Founder & CEO, SkySlope

Serena Dayal, Partner, SoftBank Investment Advisers

A. Bradley Nelson, CMO, Sotheby's International Realty

Philip White Jr., CEO & President, Sotheby's International Realty

Merri Jo Cowen, CEO, Stellar MLS

Mauricio Umansky, CEO & President, The Agency

Sharran Srivatsaa, President, The Real Brokerage

Tamir Poleg, Chairman & CEO, The Real Brokerage

Craig Cheatham, CEO & President, The Realty Alliance

Tom Ferry, Founder & CEO, Tom Ferry International

Greg Schwartz, Co-founder & CEO, Tomo

Dan Duffy, CEO, United Real Estate

Rick Haase, President, United Real Estate

Mat Ishbia, CEO, United Wholesale Mortgage

David Anderson, Venture Partner, Venture MLS

Jim Weichert, Founder & Co-president, Weichert

James Weichert, Jr., Co-president, Weichert

Bill Scavone, President, Weichert

Ryan Raveis, Co-president, William Raveis Inc.

Chris Raveis, Co-president, William Raveis Inc.

Geoff Wood, CEO, Windermere

OB Jacobi, Co-president, Windermere

Jill Jacobi Wood, Co-president, Windermere

Verl Workman, Founder & CEO, Workman Success Systems

Dave Eisenberg, Founding Partner & Managing Director, Zigg Capital

Jeremy Wacksman, CEO, Zillow

Errol Samuelson, Chief Industry Development Officer, Zillow

Rich Barton, Co-founder & Co-executive Chair, Zillow Group

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