@properties Christie’s International Real Estate was founded in 2000 by co-CEOs Mike Golden and Thad Wong. Since then, the firm has grown from a four-person boutique brokerage into the No. 1 brokerage firm in Chicago and the greater Chicagoland area. The company developed pl@tform™, a proprietary suite of technology tools that allows agents to digitally manage all aspects of client relationships and real estate transactions. Outside Chicagoland, the company has offices in Southeast Wisconsin, Northwest Indiana and Southwest Michigan. 

Finalists 
ColdwellBankerHomes.com, Coldwell Banker Realty 
Compass.com, Compass