Who is Compass? The story behind the tech-centric real estate brokerage that’s sweeping the nation.
Robert Reffkin grew up the child of a hardworking single mother. A tireless entrepreneur, she spent most of her career as a real estate agent. She tried to instill an entrepreneurial spirit in Reffkin, too. “When she would put me to bed at night she would rub my head and say, ‘Robert know that you can be any-thing you want in this world. So go to bed and have big dreams.’” Reffkin told Compass employees during a speech. In 2012, Reffkin founded Compass with tech mogul Ori Allon, who had previously sold two companies to Google and Twitter respectively. The idea for the com-pany was deceptively simple: create better technologi-cal tools for real estate agents so that they can spend less time pouring over market reports and more time with their clients. It was an idea based on the tribula-tions that Reffkin had seen his mother undergo as a real estate agent. “We’re building the operating system for real estate,” Reffkin said. “We’re working across every part of the Compass team to elevate the most personal parts of the real estate process and build technology to stream-line everything else.” A decade later, Compass is now the largest indepen-dent real estate brokerage in the country. Its innovative blend of proprietary technologies has
"Our Mission is to help everyone find their place in the world and we would be honored to help you embark on your next chapter."
attracted the best real estate agents from Manhattan to Denver to San Francisco. Sincerely,
Robert Reffkin, Founder & CEO
The Compass Advantage
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