abstract:Glenn Kelman is the CEO of Seattle-based Redfin, an online real estate brokerage. He was raised in Seattle and graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Berkeley.
John Kim, 29, was on day four at his job at Plumtree Software when the company cofounder GlennKelman asked him to fix the firm's demonstration Web site.
"We're writing a record number of offers, but we're not seeing a record number of closings and that's because it's so competitive, " said GlennKelman, chief executive of real-estate brokerage Redfin Corp. in Seattle with offices in 14 states.