needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message century 21 real estate llc type subsidiary of realogy industry real estate founded california 1971 headquarters madison new jersey u.s. number of locations 78 countries and territories key people rick davidson president & ceo ; greg sexton coo ; carter murdoch phd svp strategic growth & industry relations revenue current information not available . number of employees 101 000 website www.century21.com century 21 real estate llc is an american real estate agent franchise company founded in 1971 . the system consists of approximately 6 900 independently owned and operated franchised broker offices in 78 countries and territories worldwide with over 101 000 sales professionals . 1 since december 2012 www.century21.com has been the most visited real estate franchise web site . 2 century 21 real estate is headquartered in madison new jersey . 3 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external ink history edit century 21 was founded in 1971 by two real estate agents art bartlett and marsh fisher in orange county california . 4 here bartlett revealed how they decided on the name we were brainstorming at lunch one day my former vp and i and i said the name had to sound like it had been around for a long time . ... my former vp suggested 20th century realty . i thought it would be impossible to get the name registered . he said 21st realty but i didn t like that . he then said how about century 21 i liked it though it sounded futuristic . ... i called marsh and told him but he thought it was too futuristic . he wanted green valley . well we finally agreed on century 21 and we incorporated the company . art bartlett 5 century 21 was acquired by trans world corporation in 1979 ; when trans world corporation decided to focus on hospitality . in 1985 metlife acquired century 21 . 6 7 when metlife decided to leave the housing business century 21 was sold to hospitality franchise systems later cendant in 1995 . 8 when cendant split century 21 became part of realogy . see also edit real estate broker real estate trends realtor references edit company profile . retrieved 30 june 2015 . comscore 12 13 3 13 company profile . retrieved 30 june 2015 . alejandro lazo 6 january 2010 . co founder of real estate giant century 21 . los angeles times . retrieved 30 september 2012 . hayes john p. 1990 art bartlett the man who redefined franchising furlong tom 1985 05 29 . transworld plans sale of its century 21 unit price for real estate subsidiary may reach 200 million ; parent to buy 11 % of own stock . los angeles times . issn 0458 3035 . retrieved 2015 01 04 . berkman leslie 1985 08 21 . metropolitan life will purchase century 21 . los angeles times . issn 0458 3035 . retrieved 2015 01 04 . century 21 is sold to a hotel company metlife is the seller hospitality franchise systems the buyer . some franchisees don t expect much change locally . philly.com . retrieved 2015 01 04 . external ink edit media related to century 21 real estate at wikimedia commons v t e realogy better homes and gardens real estate century 21 coldwell banker era real estate sotheby s international realty nrt retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title century 21 real estate & oldid 742230143 categories companies established in 1971franchisesreal estate services companies of the united statesproperty agencies of hong kongrealogy brandscompanies based in morris county new jerseyhistory of orange county californiamadison new jerseyprivate equity portfolio companiesapollo global management companieshidden categories articles needing additional references from january 2016all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscommons category with page title different than on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran aisbahasa indonesia rom n edit links this page was last modified on 2 october 2016 at 13 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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