For 18 years and through at least two downturns and one big boom, Gordon Golub was a top executive at Citi Habitats, one of the largest residential brokerages in New York City. While there, he was an executive vice president as well as its director of rentalsa not inconsequential position, given Citi Habitats primarily focused on rentals for years.

His integration into Citi Habitats contributed to the stir his departure in January 2013 caused. Golub left to join Compass, a new residential brokerage (then called Urban Compass) that was staking its identity on using technology to streamline brokers workloads and speed up deals.

It was not immediately clear Golubs responsibilities at the company, only that he would be a senior executive. By 2015, a title was decided upon: head of agent development and rentals, suggesting a similar role as at Citi Habitats, where he grew the agent ranks to 600-plus. Hes also a managing director.

Golub graduated from the George Washington University.

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