Kyle Matthews

Chairman & CEO

Executive

Nashville, TN

Founder and CEO

Kyle Matthews is the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Matthews Real Estate Investment Services™, a commercial real estate and technology firm with 25+ offices and over 1,000+ agents and employees nationwide. The firm is a leader in commercial real estate brokerage providing advisory services in transactions, leasing, and debt/capital markets. Since Kyle founded the company in 2015, Matthews™ has become the fastest-growing commercial real estate firm in the country, is the largest privately held brokerage platform in the U.S., and has successfully closed over 20,334+ transactions totaling $54 billion in sales volume.

In addition to his industry achievements, Kyle is the host of the Matthews Mentality Podcast, launched in 2023, where he shares insights on business, leadership, and the evolving commercial real estate landscape.

 

Kyle has an extensive background in the industry, with an aggregate value of $9 billion in transaction volume. Prior to starting Matthews™, Kyle served as Vice President of Investments and thereafter as Executive Vice President at two publicly traded commercial real estate brokerage firms. In each of these roles, he was recognized for his client-focused commitment to results and ability to train and mentor teams to execute top sales. As a producer, he was viewed as an authority in the field of private client capital transactions, as well as the top performer industry-wide in both the shopping center and net leased transactions. Kyle has an extensive list of notable clients, including most of the largest global institutional real estate companies, in addition to U.S.-based publicly-traded REITs, private equity funds, development companies, and high net-worth private family offices.

B.A., International Relations
University of Southern California (USC), Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Letterman – USC 2004 National Championship Football Team

 

PRESS CONTACT: 
Allison Edheimer

[email protected]

 

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • 2024, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2017 CRE’s Best Bosses – GlobeSt
  • 2023 CREI LinkedIn Influencer – CREI Summit
  • 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018 Best Places to Work – GlobeSt
  • 2022 Most Admired CEOs – Nashville Business Journal
  • 2022 Rainmakers in CRE Debt, Equity, and Finance – GlobeSt
  • 2022 Top Commercial Brokerage Firm – Commercial Property Executive
  • 2022 Best Places to Work – Los Angeles Business Journal
  • 2024, 2023, 2022 Top 10 Brokerage Firm – Ranking Arizona, AZ Big Media
  • 2022 Best in Business – Nashville Business Journal
  • 2022 Top Sales Training & Coaching Program of the Year & Publication– American Business Awards
  • 2022 Most Powerful Brokerage Firms – Multi-Housing News
  • 2020 10 Most Powerful Brokerage Firms – Commercial Property Executive
  • 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 CoStar Power Broker Award – CoStar
  • 2019 50 Under 40 – GlobeSt
  • 2018 Top Influencers in Retail – GlobeSt
  • 2016, 2018 Top Brokerage Firm –  NREI
  • 2014, 2015 Top Retail Sales Broker – GlobeSt
  • #1 Ranked Agent Globally at Colliers International Group
  • Exclusively hired by 14 of the top 20 largest publicly traded REITs in the United States
  • Colliers International (CIGI):
    • 2014 #1 Producing Agent Globally
    • 2013, 2014 Top Producer, Retail Investments GLA
    • 2013, 2014 Max Green Circle of Excellence
    • 2013, 2014 Colliers International Everest Club
  • Marcus & Millichap (MMI):
    • 2012 National Achievement Award
    • 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Sales Achievement Award
    • 2005 Pacesetter Award
  • Licensed Real Estate Broker in:
    • AL – 000110253 – 0
    • AR – PB00084217
    • CO – EC.100099522 (Inactive)
    • CT – REB. 0790986
    • FL – CQ1066435
    • GA – 80041
    • ID– CO56879
    • IL – 471019766
    • IN – RC52200195
    • KS – CO00002672
    • KY – 239410
    • MA – 1000083-RE-RB
    • MD – 664913
    • MI – 6505432273
    • MO – 2022018843
    • NE – 35320
    • NM – 19601
    • NC – C38369
    • OH – REC.2022007141
    • OK – 180759
    • PA – RB068831
    • SC – 22684
    • TN – 263667
    • TX – 9005919 (Inactive)
    • UT – 10074529-CN00
    • VA – 226035518
    • WI – 9381054-91

 

AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • Young Presidents Organization (YPO)
  • Board of Directors – University of Southern California Lusk Center for Real Estate
  • International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) – Southern California Planning Committee

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