Mike Golden is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of @properties | Christie’s International Real Estate. Golden and his business partner, Thad Wong, have successfully built a portfolio of companies that includes real estate brokerage, prop-tech, mortgage lending, and title services, creating one of the fastest growing and most innovative real estate brands in the industry.

Golden started selling real estate part time in the mid-1990s to earn money for graduate school. However, the immediate success he had selling loft conversions and new construction in Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood forced a change of plans. He teamed up with Wong, his office mate, and the pair quickly became the city's top selling REALTORS®.

In 2000, recognizing a need among fellow agents for better service and support, Golden and Wong established @properties, and in less than two decades, they grew the firm into one of the top 10 brokerages in the nation. Among their chief innovations is pl@tform™, @properties’ proprietary brokerage-tech solution that offers a fully integrated system for agents t