<br />
CELEBRATING SUCCESS<br />
1974-2014<br />
I respectfully dedicate this book to<br />
my family and business family.<br />
Thank you to all of you…<br />
our sales associates, staff, management and family<br />
for over forty years of dedication.<br />
Together, we have built a world class company!<br />
- William Raveis<br />
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Prologue<br />
After deciding not to work for corporate America as a systems analyst, I<br />
made the momentous decision to become involved in an entrepreneurial<br />
business – one where I could succeed or fail based on my own efforts.<br />
My father was a mason contractor. At a very early age he took me with<br />
him to his jobs to help mix cement to build fireplaces, I loved being inside<br />
the houses, smelling the sawdust, marveling at the construction and<br />
interacting with all the tradesmen. Thus beg<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=1"> CELEBRATING SUCCESS 1974-2014</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=2"> I respectfully dedicate this book </a>
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<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=5"> Prologue After deciding not to work for corporat</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=6"> As you can see, the company's name my first year </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=7"> The “After Dinner” Real Estate Agency ad was </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=8"> Our steadfast commitment to excellence has led to</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=9"> </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=10"> The marketing of William Raveis Real Estate was d</a>
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<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=14"> ENTREPRENEURS ARE DREAMERS with a restlessness an</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=15"> “A real estate maverick” to me is simpl</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=16"> Exceptional Properties The Exceptional Properties</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=17"> The Jack Welch Estate The Vanderbilt Estate Lowth</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=18"> Our First Headquarters By 198</a>
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<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=22"> Expanding Beyond Fairfield County </a>
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<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=24"> I consider myself, and the agents who work for us</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=25"> </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=26"> The number one represents more than sales v</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=27"> No Complaints in the Complaint Department The </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=28"> Our Agents are Our Customers Pro</a>
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<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=30"> TECHNOLOGY</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=31"> Technological innovations are our hallmark. </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=32"> Essentially we were on the road to mobile technol</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=33"> We were the first real estate company to install </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=34"> My background as a system analyst ensured that te</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=35"> In the 1990's, when the internet exploded onto th</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=36"> Television Power Sells Homes Faster </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=37"> Thirty years ago, William Raveis Real Estate was </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=38"> </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=39"> Since 1979, when we launched the Training and Edu</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=40"> </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=41"> Another industry-first is the company's latest in</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=42"> In 1995, we launched our first website.</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=43"> Since the mid-1990's, as more homebuyers</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=44"> </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=45"> Raveis.com With over 10 million world-wide v</a>
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<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=48"> F F ICE S</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=49"> Connecticut </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=50"> Avon Branford Cheshire Colchester Danbury Darien </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=51"> Newtown Norwalk Norwich Old Saybrook Ridgefield </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=52"> "Candy s the most talented woman I have ever met </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=53"> Candy Raveis Candy is a native of Connecticu t a</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=54"> The First Three Mega Agents Michelle Genovesi </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=55"> The Right People & Innovative Thinking We take</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=56"> Chris Raveis joined the company in 2003 to spearh</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=57"> Massachusetts Andover </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=58"> Duxbury Longmeadow </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=59"> Eastham Falmouth Marblehead Hingham Lexington Sud</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=60"> Within five years of opening our first office in </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=61"> t 2 1 0 2 & 0 </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=62"> New York, Glenn Felson Glenn Felson started our </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 63" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=63"> Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New Jersey In 2007 C</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 64" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=64"> Future Headquarters of William Raveis Real Estate</a>
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<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 66" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=66"> NEW HOMES Launched in 198</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 67" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=67"> RELOCATION In 1978, we realized that the Relocati</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 68" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=68"> </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 69" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=69"> Charlie Ferraro Charlie oversees corporate</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 70" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=70"> Bill Raveis' youngest son, Ryan rejoined the comp</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 71" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=71"> William Raveis Mortgage, LLC is a full service mo</a>
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<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 74" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=74"> QUALITYisJOB 1</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 75" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=75"> In January 2014 Charlie Ferraro, Presiden</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 76" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=76"> Raymond Cashen Ray has served as a legal counsel</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 77" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=77"> </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 78" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=78"> A LOOK THROUGH TIME 1980 </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 79" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=79"> 2013 2007 $7.6B Sales</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 80" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=80"> </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 81" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=81"> Carolyn Deal Carolyn Deal joined William Raveis </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 82" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=82"> </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 83" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=83"> Mary Ann Evick Mary Ann Evick joined William Rav</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 84" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=84"> Kent Hanley Kent Hanley started at William Ravei</a>
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<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 87" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=87"> Bill Gamelli Bill Gamelli, Senior Vice President</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 88" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=88"> </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 89" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=89"> THE DOZEN In order to make sure that William Rave</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 90" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=90"> </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 91" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=91"> Our sales associates and staff are the foundation</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 92" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=92"> Y</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 93" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=93"> The Milford Point area is one of Connecticut's mo</a>
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<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 96" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=96"> The Signs of the Times</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 97" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=97"> Our efforts to maintain Greenwich's cultural heri</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 98" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=98"> A portion of every company commission is donated </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 99" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=99"> Through the William Raveis Breast Cancer Research</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 100" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=100"> Community Involvement William Raveis Breast Can</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 101" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=101"> </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 102" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=102"> Thank You For Your Dedication & Loyalty Time-Hono</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 103" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=103"> Voted by Public VOTED #1 - 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 104" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=104"> </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 105" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=105"> In 1999 William Raveis Real Estate, received</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 106" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=106"> Since 1997, Inman News has recognized real estate</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 107" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=107"> Homequity Cup Nine years after starting the Rel</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 108" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=108"> isri s Co</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 109" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=109"> </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 110" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=110"> Testimonials from Across the Nation Howard “Hod</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 111" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=111"> Special Recognitions</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 112" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=112"> amily</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 113" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=113"> </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 114" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=114"> Bill's Parents, Ronnie& Bill</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 115" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=115"> Candy & Bill</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 116" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=116"> </a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 117" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=117"> Laurie Laurie, Bill's eldest child, shares, “I wa</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 118" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=118"> Kim &Chris</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 119" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=119"> Meg &Ryan</a>
<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 120" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=120"> Papa&Grandchildren</a>
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<a title="40 Year History Keepsake page 123" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/edea9b38?page=123"> Let our family show your family the way home.</a>