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ABUNDANCE ENTREPRENEUR
GARY KELLER
CO-FOUNDER KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY,
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR,
PHILANTHROPIST
Gary Keller is an American entrepreneur and best-selling author. He is a
co-founder of Keller Williams, which is the largest real estate company in
the world by agent count and second in closed sales volume, and units
sold.
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.
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.
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