Gino Blefari

CEO, Intero

Gino Blefari is the Founder, President and CEO of Intero Real Estate Services. Mr. Blefari has more than 23 years of experience in real estate sales, development and management, from branch offices to regional and national operations.  In 2002, Mr. Blefari formed Intero Real Estate Services. In only five short years, Mr. Blefari and the executive team have built the company into one of the largest real estate brokerages in the country. In July of 2005 Intero Real Estate Services was recognized by REALTOR® Magazine as the fastest growing real estate company in the nation. REALTOR® Magazine, the official magazine of the National Association of REALTORS®, ranked Intero #1 out of the approximately 80,000 brokerages nationwide in growth of sales and transaction sides with 167.6% and 128.3% increases respectively. Currently, Intero Real Estate Services has more than 60 offices serving seven states; Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Nevada and Texas. Recently Intero has also ventured into international markets with operations in Mexico and India. Mr. Blefari possesses a passion for mentoring and he shares his cornerstones for success with fellow real estate professionals: time management, discipline and commitment. In creating Intero, Mr. Blefari has recruited many colleagues to his management team who possess the required ideology to reach the top echelon of the industry: disciplined people, disciplined thought, and disciplined action.

Mr. Blefari began selling real estate in 1984 and for the next 14 years was a top-producing agent selling more than 50 homes per year. During this time, he excelled at three different positions: as an agent, a manager and a chief

operating officer. As a manager at Contempo Realty in 1988, he quickly set out transforming the Cupertino office from the lowest producing branch into the company's number one office. Soon after, Mr. Blefari was promoted Chief Operating Officer and a partner where he oversaw the daily operations of 18 Contempo offices and their respective branch managers. In 1997, Contempo Realty was purchased by NRT - a nationwide real estate brokerage company - and soon after, Mr. Blefari was named president of the new Century 21

Seville Contempo Company, operating in the Northern California region. As President, he was credited with increasing the company's profits by 280 percent in his first year on the job, and by 2000, he had the top five offices

within Century 21's 6,300 worldwide offices. With this success, Mr. Blefari - already an award-winning REALTOR - proved his exceptional abilities as an operating officer, as well. In 2001, Mr. Blefari was subsequently promoted to Senior Vice President of NRT, where he began working on a national level. In addition to his on-the-job mentoring, Mr. Blefari is a faculty member at De Anza College where he teaches real estate courses and is a former director of the National Association of REALTORS®. 

Mr. Blefari has been involved in the communities where he works and lives for years. He was recognized for this involvement when he received the 2007 Achievement Award in the Business and Professional category by the

Italian American Heritage Foundation. Also, in recognition of Mr. Blefari's green business practices and support, EcoBroker International awarded him the 2006 EcoBroker Community Service Award but of more than one million brokers and agents nationally.  Mr. Blefari graduated from San Jose State University in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.  He resides in Los Altos, California with his wife, Joanie, and daughters Alexandra and Lauren. In his spare time, Mr. Blefari,  an avid reader, enjoys skiing, golf and weight lifting. In addition, he is an passionate gardener, raising redwood tree seedlings and donating them in order to benefit the community at large.