William M Walker has bought WD on 2 days since Mar 2025

William M. Walker, known as Willy Walker, is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (COB, CEO) of Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE: WD), a leading commercial real estate finance company.( A third-generation leader of the family business founded in 1937 by his grandfather Oliver Walker and Laird Dunlop, he joined the board in 2000, became Executive Vice President in 2003, President in 2005, and CEO and Chairman in 2007.( Under his leadership, the company expanded from a small family firm valued at around $25 million to one of the largest U.S. commercial real estate finance firms, achieving over 800% share appreciation in its first decade as a public company and ranking 17 on Fortune’s 2017 Fastest Growing Public Companies list.(

Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Walker gained international experience, including launching an airline in Argentina, building a global call center business in Latin America and Europe (managing $250 million in revenues), and working at Texas Pacific Group and Morgan Stanley.( He holds a bachelor's degree from St. Lawrence University and an MBA from Harvard University.( Walker has received awards such as Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (2011) and Financier of the Year (2017, 2020), and serves on boards including the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation and Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors.(

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