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Leadership Team

The leadership team at PLACE has a track record of success in real estate and technology

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Ben Kinney PLACE Co-Founder

Ben Kinney

Co-Founder

Ben is a businessman, real estate agent, and best-selling author. Prior to launching PLACE, Ben founded the Ben Kinney Companies, which include Brivity, ActiveRain, Kwkly, Blossor, coaching and training companies, plus mortgage, title, and escrow. Three of his companies were recently ranked in the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in America, and he has personally trained more than 100,000 business owners via conferences, classes, and webinars.

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Chris Suarez

Co-Founder

In his 20 years of experience, Chris Suarez has successfully grown multiple real estate teams across the United States and internationally. Chris has been recognized as an Inman Innovator, RISMedia Real Estate Newsmaker, and maintains a presence on the RealTrends “The Thousand” list. As co-founder of PLACE, he brings experience in real estate law, title, and sales to his teams. Chris is passionate about coaching and speaking and leads coaching, masterminding, and consulting programs. He lives this mission by traveling and creating lifelong experiences with his wife and two daughters.
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Chris Stuart

President

President Chris Stuart joined PLACE from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, where he served as President and CEO of the global real estate franchise network. Chris has an impressive track record of rapidly scaling real estate franchises while driving consumer brand and experience. During his time in the role, BHHS grew from 32,000 to more than 50,000 real estate professionals around the globe, and he oversaw the expansion of the brand globally into markets throughout Western Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Caribbean, Canada, and Mexico.
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Suzanne Colvin

Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer Suzanne Colvin brings more than 25 years of financial leadership across high-growth technology companies to PLACE. She joined PLACE from Egnyte, a leading SaaS provider for content security and governance, where she served as CFO and helped scale the business from $90 million to $160 million in revenue while expanding the team from 600 to more than 900 employees. Previously, Suzanne was CFO at Napster during a period of rapid growth and a strategic acquisition and held senior finance leadership roles at Verifone and Exodus. At PLACE, she leads the finance organization, guiding fiscal strategy and operational discipline to support continued growth and long-term value creation.

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