With a warm and confident smile, eXp Realty founder Glenn Sanford gives off a nerdy, awe-shucks vibe. The 53-year-old Gen Xer has a twinkle in his eye like a character out of the 1992 movie
Wayne’s World. He lives in Bellingham, Washington, where the town’s motto is “The City of Subdued Excitement.”
But underneath the understated veneer lies a savvy businessman, an imaginative technologist and a financial whiz a triumvirate of skills that accounts for his success.
Earlier this week, eXp announced a two-for-one stock split. Shares soared more than 20 percent after the announcement. Today, the company is valued at $6.8 billion, bringing Sanford’s net worth on paper close to $2 billion, and that of his ex-wife, Penny Sanford, almost $1.5 billion.