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Gordon A. Gundaker is the Chairman of Gundaker Commercial Group (GCG). In addition to his duties as Chairman of GCG, he is also President and Chief Executive Officer of Coldwell Banker Gundaker, a residential real estate company with more than 3,500 licensed associates and 160 employees in 38 sales offices throughout the metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri area. A native St. Louisan, Mr. Gundaker began his career in real estate at age 20, selling homes for a local builder in suburban St. Louis. In 1956 he joined the John J. Armbruster Company and rapidly rose through the ranks from top sales associate to vice president and eventually part owner in 1964. In 1967 he was recognized by the Real Estate Board of Metropolitan St. Louis as the top residential Salesperson in the area, with sales volumes that year of $2.5 million. In 1968, Mr. Gundaker established Gundaker Realtors as a single office in suburban St. Louis. From that first location, Gundaker Realtors grew to become the largest sales organization in the history of St. Louis real estate. In May 1999, Gundaker Realtors was ranked as the seventh largest independently-owned residential real estate company in the United States by Real Trends, based on transaction sides. In 2001, Mr. Gundaker sold his residential interest to NRT, Incorporated, parent company of Coldwell Banker. In 1996 Gundaker Commercial Group was spun-off from the Gundaker Realtors conglomeration to form a firm focusing primarily on servicing the commercial real estate brokerage, management and development needs of the St. Louis marketplace. Mr. Gundaker continues as Chairman with a team of highly recognized managers running the corporation. Under his supervision, the company has grown to one of the leading commercial real estate firms in the area. In addition to his several accolades for strength in the real estate industry, Mr. Gundaker is known for his involvement in several charitable and civic projects, including serving as President of the Arthritis Foundation’s area chapter and on the boards of the Kilo Foundation, Boy’s Hope/Girl’s Hope, KUTO and more. He is a member of The National Association of REALTORS, and is a past Director of the St. Louis Association of Realtors and the Missouri Association of Realtors. In 1989 he was honored as the St. Louis Businessman of the Year by the St. Louis Rabbinical College. In 1998, he was named “Realtor of the Year” by the 6,000 member St. Louis Association of Realtors. | 