{"id":1307,"date":"2018-11-20T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/20\/kristen-ankerbrandt-join-compass\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:20:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:20:32","slug":"kristen-ankerbrandt-join-compass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/20\/kristen-ankerbrandt-join-compass\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlyle Group&#8217;s Kristen Ankerbrandt to Join Compass as Chief Financial Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Kristen Ankerbrandt to Join Compass as Chief Financial Officer<\/h2>\n<h6><em>Following $400m Series F, Real Estate Technology Firm Appoints Carlyle Group Technology Leader to Oversee Acquisition Strategy and Accelerate Growth.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><strong><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 19, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/<\/strong> &#8212;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.compass.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Compass<\/a>, a real estate technology company, today announced that <span class=\"xn-person\">Kristen Ankerbrandt<\/span> will join as Chief Financial Officer. Ankerbrandt will accelerate the firm&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/brokerage-services\/business-planning\/\">financial strategy<\/a> and oversee all financial functions, including acquisitions and investor relations, as well as new development and legal. Ankerbrandt will start on <span class=\"xn-chron\">November 26th<\/span> and report into Founder and Chief Executive Officer <span class=\"xn-person\">Robert Reffkin<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/compass-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"793\" height=\"112\"><\/p>\n<p>Ankerbrandt&#8217;s hire follows Compass&#8217; impressive <span class=\"xn-money\">$400 million<\/span> Series F funding round and several other executive hires in 2018, including Chief Marketing Officer <span class=\"xn-person\">Khurrum Malik<\/span> from Spotify, Chief Revenue Officer <span class=\"xn-person\">Matt Rosenberg<\/span> from Eventbrite and Chief Sales Strategy Officer <span class=\"xn-person\">Michael Coscetta<\/span> from Square.<\/p>\n<p>Year to date, the firm has closed significant acquisitions, including <span class=\"xn-org\">Pacific Union<\/span>, Paragon Real Estate Group, and the product and engineering team of <span class=\"xn-location\">Spring<\/span>; launched in <span class=\"xn-location\">Houston<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Nashville<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Austin<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Atlanta<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Philadelphia<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Seattle<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">San Diego<\/span>; added more than 5,500 agents; and opened more than 100 new offices in over 80 cities across <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>. Compass is on track to grow revenue by almost 200% this year.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Kristen is an inspirational leader with deep expertise in the technology sector,&#8221; said Compass Founder and CEO <span class=\"xn-person\">Robert Reffkin<\/span>. &#8220;Her experience growing investments in fast-growing technology companies will power Compass&#8217; next stage of hypergrowth as we capitalize on our Series F funding and expand internationally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Compass was founded on a commitment to revolutionize the real estate industry by empowering agents through technology,&#8221; said incoming Compass CFO <span class=\"xn-person\">Kristen Ankerbrandt<\/span>. &#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled to join Compass, one of the few companies in the world that has been able to achieve triple digit growth on top of 9 figure revenue, to drive continued growth through innovation for agents and their clients.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>In just over six years, Compass has launched in more than 80 cities, opened nearly 200 offices and increased its agent population to more than 7,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ankerbrandt has nearly 20 years of global experience across the technology and media and Telecommunications sectors with deep industry expertise in <a href=\"vendors-evolve-brokers-agents\/\">software and tech-enabled<\/a> services. Most recently at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carlyle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Carlyle Group<\/a>, Kristen led technology investments for Carlyle&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-money\">$18.5 billion<\/span> fund, and oversaw the firm&#8217;s multi-billion dollar investments in a number of premier technology companies around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Carlyle, Kristen worked at Goldman Sachs in the Investment Banking Division where she focused on technology, media and communications transactions. Kristen holds a BA in Economics from <span class=\"xn-org\">Columbia University<\/span> and an MBA from <span class=\"xn-org\">Harvard Business School<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h4>About Compass<\/h4>\n<p><u><\/u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.compass.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Compass<\/a> is a real estate technology company with a powerful end-to-end platform that supports the entire buying and selling workflow. We deliver an incomparable experience to both agents and their clients all in service of the Compass mission: to help everyone find their place in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2012 by <span class=\"xn-person\">Ori Allon<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Robert Reffkin<\/span>, Compass operates in cities across <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> including: <span class=\"xn-location\">New York<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Chicago<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Seattle<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Philadelphia<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">San Diego<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Washington, D.C.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Dallas<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Austin<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Houston<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Nashville<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Atlanta<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Boston<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Aspen<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Orange County<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Westchester<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Santa Barbara<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Montecito<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Marin<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Greenwich<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Naples<\/span>, Tahoe, Telluride and The Hamptons. Learn more and find your place at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.compass.com\/careers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">compass.com\/careers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agents.compass.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">agents.compass.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>SOURCE Compass<\/h4>\n<p>Related Links<br \/><a class=\"linkOnClick\" title=\"Link to http:\/\/www.compass.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.compass.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/www.compass.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kristen Ankerbrandt to Join Compass as Chief Financial Officer Following $400m Series F, Real Estate Technology Firm Appoints Carlyle Group Technology Leader to Oversee Acquisition Strategy and Accelerate Growth. NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2018 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;&nbsp;Compass, a real estate technology company, today announced that Kristen Ankerbrandt will join as Chief Financial Officer. 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