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RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. announced Tuesday the immediate appointment of COO Adam Contos to RE/MAX Co-CEO sharing responsibilities with Co-Founder and now Co-CEO Dave Liniger. Contos led many key functions at RE/MAX in the last 14 years and was named COO in 2016. With the appointment of Contos, Liniger will now be able to focus on furthering the company’s leadership position in the industry while driving special strategic initiatives.
RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. announced Tuesday the immediate appointment of COO Adam Contos to RE/MAX Co-CEO sharing responsibilities with Co-Founder and now Co-CEO Dave Liniger. RE/MAX Holdings is the parent company of RE/MAX, LLC, a real estate brokerage service, and Motto Franchising, LLC, franchisor of the Motto Mortgage network of mortgage brokerages. Liniger will now be able to focus on furthering the company’s leadership position in the industry while driving special strategic initiatives.
“I’m proud to have Adam, who has successfully led many key functions in our business over the last 13 years, partner with me at the CEO position,” said Liniger. “We have a talented and dedicated group of leaders at RE/MAX and I’ve been actively working with them to build our future. Under Adam’s leadership, I know this dynamic team will further our position as the number one name in real estate.”
RE/MAX has utilized the Co-CEO structure in several of its CEO transitions. The approach ensures continuity in RE/MAX leadership, in its successful and unique business model, and in the overall company strategy.
“We’re fortunate to have a deep and talented executive team at RE/MAX,” Liniger continued. “They share the same drive and desire to succeed that I had when I created this company over 44 years ago. We’re all strongly aligned around the core strategy, values, culture and mission that have made this company great. I’m confident that the strength of our management team supported by our exceptional agents, brokers, franchise owners and employees will continue to drive our future growth and success.”
Contos managed RE/MAX daily operations including IT, HR, Business Development, Events, Brand Marketing, Communications, Media, and Public Relations as COO.
“Dave’s founding principles and culture of success along with the dedication of RE/MAX agents and owners have made RE/MAX the greatest real estate company in the world,” said Contos. “I’m honored to drive RE/MAX forward on behalf of over 110,000 agents who represent this iconic brand by delivering exceptional service to their clients. We will continue to advance RE/MAX and the real estate industry by delivering the products and services that have made our franchisees and agents so successful for the last four decades.”
In 2004, Contos joined RE/MAX working with offices in the Mountain States Region. He was promoted to the Region’s VP the following year. Between 2007 and 2013 he served first for the California & Hawaii Region and then the RE/MAX Florida Region. He was promoted to VP, Region Development, in 2013 and then to SVP of marketing, in February 2015. According to RE/MAX, during his marketing tenure, he and the business development team built a franchise sales process that fueled record growth. In 2016, Contos was named COO.
Serene Smith, SVP of Financial Planning and Business Analytics, succeeds Contos as COO. Smith joined RE/MAX in 2006 as the Senior Manager of Internal Audit. She then was named VP of Financial Planning and Analysis in 2014 and a SVP in January 2016.
