Peter Giese is the Chief Executive Officer of Engel & Volkers Florida, serving its current affiliates and responsible for its continued brand expansion. Mr. Giese joined Engel & Volkers Florida in October of 2019, and the company announced in 2022 it achieved a record year with over $4.4 billion in sales volume and expanded its presence to over 50 locations throughout the state.

Over the past 20 years in the real estate industry, Mr. Giese has expanded numerous start-up organizations into multi- million-dollar companies. He has also held senior executive leadership positions in a Fortune 100 company, directing strategies at both the national and local levels.

Prior to joining EV Florida, Mr. Giese was most recently the Managing Partner/President of United Real Estate. He developed and rapidly grew this new modern consumer real estate brand from start-up to a national franchise organization with full P&L accountability, achieving over $45 million in annual revenue. Under his leadership the company grew from start up to industry leader in revenue growth, being recognized by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing companies between 2015-2018. The company was sold to a Private Equity firm.

Prior to starting United Real Estate, Mr. Giese was with Realogy, Inc., where he held the position of Senior Vice President of Franchise Sales and Development. During his tenure with Realogy, Mr. Giese led the global company with the highest growth in new sales and acquisitions for six years in a row and the company gaining market share dominance.

Prior to Cendant, Mr. Giese was part of the Senior Leadership of Move, Inc. This start-up company built Realtor.com, a top-ranked real estate consumer website. As the Vice President of Sales for the broker division, Mr. Giese was responsible for the development of the Annual Operating Plan and led the company’s top producing national sales team through two corporate mergers while growing his division’s annual revenue to more than $50 million in under three years and a valuation on NASDAQ of over $1.3 Billion.