Senior Leadership Team
Tom Kunz
President and Chief Executive Officer
Century 21 Real Estate LLC
Expertise: Residential Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate, Luxury Real Estate
Thomas R. Kunz was appointed president and chief executive officer of Century 21 Real Estate LLC in June 2004. The CENTURY 21® System is the world’s largest residential real estate sales organization with approximately 7,800 independently owned and operated franchised broker offices in 67 countries and territories worldwide. A 31-year veteran of the real estate industry, Kunz has spent two-thirds of his career affiliated with the CENTURY 21 System, where he established a successful track record involving franchise sales and ownership as well as running all aspects of brokerage and franchise operations.
Since starting with the company in 1982, he has been responsible for everything from field communication, franchise sales, systems implementation, system-wide recruiting, broker automation and regional development. Kunz served in a succession of increasingly responsible field and headquarters executive positions for Century 21 Real Estate LLC. Among the highlights of his career as part of the CENTURY 21 network is his role as a member of the team that developed franchise sales tools that are still used today to train franchise sales staff for all five Realogy real estate brands.
In 2001 he became senior vice president of real estate franchise sales for Cendant in the western region of the United States. In this role, he was responsible for oversight of the franchise sales efforts for the CENTURY 21, Coldwell Banker®, Coldwell Banker Commercial® and ERA® real estate brands in 17 western states and facilitated and completed the renewal of the third largest franchisee in the CENTURY 21 System.
Prior to his appointment as president and CEO of Century 21 Real Estate LLC, Kunz served for two years as president of CENTURY 21 Award, an independently owned and operated real estate brokerage with 12 offices and 750 sales associates and employees located throughout San Diego and Riverside counties in California.
Under Kunz’s leadership, CENTURY 21 Award was ranked as the No. 2 company in the entire CENTURY 21 System in 2003, generating more than $2 billion in closed sales volume and $53 million in adjusted gross commissions. The firm also ranked in the top 10 nationally among all CENTURY 21 affiliates with 5,733 closed transaction sides last year.
Prior to entering the real estate field in 1982, Kunz owned his own employment agency and served as president of a software company.
Kunz, who served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam, attended Weber State University and University of Utah. He is a member of the board of directors for Easter Seals Southern California, where he chaired a 24-hour fundraiser that raised $376,000 in support of Easter Seals.
