My CEO Life

For the last couple of years i have been writing this blog with a degree of anonymity.  I did this so i could comment freely on the things that were happening around me.  However i realise that this doesnt really matter any more and therefore it is time to expose myself … i am Simon Baker, the CEO and Managing Director of realestate.com.au Ltd (also known as the REA Group).

We are a listed company in Australia and we run 22 real estate website around the world.

You can find out more about the REA Group at www.rea-group.com

I joined the REA Group in 2001 and since them have driven the growth of the Group from a small Australian operation to a global player.  Over that time we have increased revenues from $4m to $150m+ p.a., gone from loss making to profitability and increased market cap from $8m to >$500m.

So that is me.