Gary W. Keller Biography
Gary Keller is an entrepreneur and best-selling author from the United States. He founded Keller Williams, the world’s largest real estate company in terms of agent count but second in terms of closed sales volume and units sold. Keller built Keller Williams on the principles of training and education, and he later published his teachings.
How old is Gary W. Keller? – Age
He is 65 years old as of 2022. He was born in 1957 in Pasadena, Texas, United States.
Gary W. Keller Family – Education
Until his father was promoted to the high school superintendent, both his mother and father were teachers. The family relocated to Houston’s North Shore. He had no intention of going to college at first. He started pursuing a music career the summer after he graduated from high school. He told his parents in the middle of the summer that he wanted to go to college because his music career was failing. His parents informed him that they had applied and been admitted to Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Keller opted to go after touring the university and following in the footsteps of his sister and father, both of whom had previously attended.
Gary W. Keller Wife
Keller and his wife, Mary, live in Austin. John, their son, also works and lives in Austin.
Gary W. Keller Real Estate
Keller worked for a company that would subsequently become a competitor when he moved to Austin in 1979. He found success in Austin, selling five houses in his first month and rising through the ranks to become Vice President within five years. Keller Williams Realtors, which Keller handled, and Keller Williams Commercial, which Williams oversaw, were founded in 1983 as a partnership between him and Joe Williams. The commercial side of Keller’s business never took off, but his residential side prospered. Keller formed a section within the residential company in 1987 that would subsequently become Keller Williams Realty International or KWRI.
Within two years, the company had grown to become Austin’s largest real estate firm. It became the largest real estate franchise in North America by agent count and the only privately held global residential real estate brokerage after expanding and franchising, reaching over 100,000 agents worldwide in 2014 and approaching 180,000 agents by 2018.
In 2017, he began to transform Keller Williams into a digital firm, introducing KW Labs, KW Keller Cloud, and “Kelle,” an artificial intelligence software that serves as a virtual assistant, as well as “Referrals,” an agent-to-agent referral tools platform. In 2019, Keller took over as the company’s CEO from John Davis. Keller has been named executive chairman of KWx, a holding company that administers all Keller Williams affiliate companies, starting in 2020.
How much is Keller Net Worth?
He has an estimated net worth of $200 Million.
Gary W. Keller Books – Writing
During his early years at Keller Williams Realty, Keller began writing. KellerINK was founded to publish instructional and inspirational business books, with a focus on real estate. His first book, The Millionaire Real Estate Agent, was published in 2004 and co-authored with Dave Jenks and Jay Papasan. The book was named on BusinessWeek’s best-seller list. In 2005, he and Papasan, and Jenks co-authored a second book, The Millionaire Real Estate Investor. This book went on to become a best-seller in the New York Times.
Keller and co-author Papasan released The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results in 2013, their first non-real estate book. The Wall Street Journal’s business bestseller list ranked the book at number one. It also made the best-seller lists of The New York Times and USA Today. The ONE Thing was designated one of the top five business interest books of 2013 by Hudson Booksellers. The authors have been featured in Forbes and Dave Ramsey’s EntreLeadership Review, among other media. Keller is the author of four best-selling real estate books that have sold over a million copies worldwide.
Keller has worked in a variety of capacities, including as an investor, in addition to writing and real estate. He has made investments in firms including Music & Entertainment Television, which is situated in Austin. Keller is also a public speaker who, along with former Texas Longhorns quarterback Vince Young, was a panelist for the nonprofit Relationship & Information Series for Entrepreneurs in 2013.