Senior Leadership Team
Bruce Zipf
President and Chief Executive Officer
NRT LLC
Expertise: Residential Real Estate, Home Buying, Home Selling, Home Financing, Real Estate as Investment
Bruce Zipf is president and chief executive officer for NRT LLC, Realogy’s wholly owned and operated real estate brokerage subsidiary with operations in more than 35 of the largest metropolitan areas of the United States. In this capacity, Zipf focuses on guiding the strategic direction of the organization, including the company’s finance, acquisitions, marketing, legal and human resources functions.
Prior to assuming his current role, Zipf was NRT’s president and chief operating officer, where he oversaw the day-to-day business operations of NRT and its local operating companies. He also previously served as executive vice president and chief administrative officer for NRT, and headed a region that spanned from Boston to Atlanta. Before that, Zipf was president of NRT’s New York metro region for four years, and also previously held an earlier post as NRT senior vice president, responsible for the financial and administrative sectors that included mergers and acquisitions, financial planning, human resources and facilities. Earlier on, Zipf was responsible for the development of the organization’s real estate support services area, which includes the Coldwell Banker Previews luxury marketing program; its new homes division; relocation; asset management (REO); the referral network; and the innovative, “HomeMatch” telephone counseling service.
Zipf has held senior management positions since he joined Schlott Realtors as controller in 1986. In 1994, he was promoted to senior vice president of Coldwell Banker Schlott, Realtors.
Prior to entering the real estate industry, Zipf was in public accounting and held the position of senior audit manager for Ernst and Young, where he served a variety of Fortune 500 companies as well as privately held companies.
Zipf graduated magna cum laude from Albright College in Reading, Pa., with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. He became a certified public accountant in 1980.
