Bob Sulentic

The executive who brought CBRE to North Texas has been at the helm of the world’s largest commercial real estate firm as CEO for 14 years and is now in his third year as chairman. 

Sulentic got his start in real estate at Trammell Crow Company as a Houston-based industrial leasing broker in 1995. He climbed through the ranks until he became president and CEO of the firm in October 2000. That position belongs to Adam Nims — who has served as president of Texas and data centers at Trammell Crow — as of January 2026. 

Sulentic became chairman of Trammell Crow Company’s board in April 2002, and when the firm merged with CBRE in late 2006, Sulentic transitioned into executive leadership at the much bigger CBRE. He became CEO of the publicly traded company in 2012 and chairman of the board in late 2023. 

In 2020, CBRE reported roughly $23.8 billion in annual revenue. By 2024, revenue had grown to about $35.8  billion, an increase of about 50 percent over just four years. It has two major revenue streams: property, project and investment management and property sales and leasing. The company has scaled up its business through acquisitions, diversification and geographic expansion. 

Sulentic’s next test reared its head earlier this year when CBRE’s stock took a 30 percent dive over two days in February 2026 amid market fears about the effects of AI on brokerage services and margins.

—Rachel Stone