s & p 500 component industry residential construction founded 1950 headquarters atlanta georgia key people william j. pulte founder richard j. dugas jr ceo james r. ellinghausen sr. vp of hr revenue 5.680 billion usd 2013 operating income 528 million usd 2013 net income 2.620 billion usd 2013 total equity 8.734 billion usd 2013 number of employees 3 843 2013 website www.pultegroupinc.com pultegroup inc pulte homes is a homebuilding company founded in 1950 by bill pulte in oakland county michigan . it is now based in buckhead atlanta georgia . history edit in 2009 the company then known as pulte homes inc. bought rival centex creating the nation s largest homebuilding company in a stock transaction worth 3.1 billion including 1.8 billion of debt . 1 pulte completed the acquisition of centex february 23 2010 . 2 3 in june 2013 pulte announced it would move its headquarters to buckhead atlanta citing a better economic climate outside metro atlanta . 4 in september 2016 ryan marshall was appointed ceo replacing richard j. dugas jr. 5 references edit green penelope november 30 2012 . under one roof building for extended families . new york times . p. 11 30 12 n.y. times a1 . access date requires url help wotapka dawn august 19 2009 . pulte buys centex tries branding strategy.wall street journal p. b3 . pulte centex shareholders approve merger . reuters . retrieved 4 april 2012 . http www.crainsdetroit.com article 20130602 news 306029948 pulte move more a hit to area pride than home industry hufford austen 2016 09 08 . pultegroup chooses new ceo and reaches agreement with founder . wall street journal . issn 0099 9660 . retrieved 2016 09 08 . external links edit official website this corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pultegroup & oldid 743264275 categories home buildersconstruction and civil engineering companies of the united statescompanies based in atlantacompanies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies established in 19501950 establishments in michigancompany stubshidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no urlofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediaall stub articles 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 21 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view