{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"164679","rtpr_id":"nGNX9CqKLc-20261008","ticker":"AGNT","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["AGNT"],"title":"Leo Pareja Named Chief Executive Officer of AGNT; Founder Glenn Sanford to Continue as Chairman of the Board","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-10-08T17:10:00.095Z","article_body":"BELLINGHAM, Wash., Oct. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AGNT, Inc. (Nasdaq:\nAGNT), formerly eXp World Holdings, Inc., (the “Company,” “AGNT” or\n“we”), the holding company for eXp Realty®, NextHome, Inc., FrameVR.io\nand SUCCESS® Enterprises, announced that effective immediately, Leo Pareja,\nwho has served as Chief Executive Officer of eXp Realty since 2024, has been\nnamed Chief Executive Officer of AGNT. Pareja succeeds Glenn Sanford, who\nfounded the Company in 2009 and reimagined what a real estate brokerage could\nbe. Sanford will continue to serve AGNT as Chairman of the Board of Directors,\nguiding the long-term vision of the company.\n\nThis leadership transition marks the next phase of its growth strategy as the\nCompany continues to scale and expand its presence locally and\ninternationally.\n\n“Building this company from the ground up and watching our vision for a\nbetter, agent-centric model of real estate grow into the global, AI-native,\nmulti-model platform it is today has been the privilege of my career,” said\nGlenn Sanford, Founder of AGNT, Inc. “After nearly two decades leading this\ncompany, I believe now is the right time to take the next step in our\nevolution. Leo has earned this moment. He's been instrumental in moving our\nmodel into the AI-native era, and I've seen firsthand his commitment to our\nagents, our people, and our shareholders. He built a successful real estate\nplatform before joining us in 2022, so he understands firsthand the work our\nagents put in every day as entrepreneurs. As Board Chairman and an AGNT\nshareholder, I have complete confidence in Leo and in what's ahead.”\n\n“Glenn built something the industry said couldn't work – a company owned\nby the agents who power it – and turned it into a global, AI-native platform\nthat's redefining what real estate can be. I don't take that legacy\nlightly,” said Leo Pareja, Chief Executive Officer of AGNT, Inc.\n\n“My focus now is making sure every agent on our platform has the tools, the\ntechnology, and the ownership stake to compete and win in an AI-native market.\nWe're not just adapting to where the industry is headed, we're building the\ninfrastructure for it. That's the work ahead, and I'm ready for it,” Pareja\nadded.\n\n“Glenn’s vision and leadership guided AGNT to the cloud-based industry\nleadership position we enjoy today, and our agents, owners, employees, and\nshareholders are all beneficiaries,” said Randall Miles, Vice Chairman of\nthe AGNT Board of Directors. “As Chairman, Glenn will continue to guide our\nlong-term strategy and the company will keep benefiting from his expertise\nwell into the future. This transition is the product of years of deliberate,\nthoughtful succession planning by our Board, which voted unanimously to\nappoint Leo as our next Chief Executive Officer. He is a results-driven leader\nwith a deep understanding of our business and our agent-centric model. We are\nconfident Leo is the right person to lead AGNT forward and can’t wait to see\nhim build on that track record as he assumes his expanded role.”\n\nLeo Pareja Biography\n\nLeo Pareja has served as Chief Executive Officer of eXp Realty since April\n2024, having previously held the roles of Chief Strategy Officer and President\nof Affiliated Services. In that capacity, he helped launch Revenos and drive\nkey enhancements to eXp Solutions, strengthening the Company's value\nproposition for agents. In May 2026, Pareja led the Company's acquisition of\nNextHome, Inc., marking its first expansion into franchising and the shift to\nthe multi-model platform that today trades on Nasdaq under the ticker AGNT.\n\nPareja brings more than 20 years of real estate experience to the role. Before\njoining the Company in 2022, he co-founded Remine, Inc. in 2016, serving as\nCEO and President until its acquisition by MLS Technology Holdings, LLC in\n2021; under his leadership, Remine's MLS technology suite grew to serve more\nthan one million real estate professionals across North America. Earlier in\nhis career, Pareja built one of the industry's top-producing real estate teams\nand was recognized on RealTrends' The Thousand, NAHREP's Top 250 and Realtor®\nMagazine's 30 Under 30, and has been named six times to the Swanepoel Power\n200 list of influential residential real estate leaders.\n\nPareja has also been a longtime advocate for the industry, serving as founding\npresident of NAHREP's Metro D.C. chapter and later as the organization's\nnational president. He is a graduate of George Mason University, where he\nearned his B.A. in Integrated Studies.\n\nAbout AGNT, Inc.\n\nBuilt by Agents. Built for Agents. AGNT, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGNT) is the global\nparent company of eXp Realty®, the most agent-centric™ real estate\nbrokerage on the planet, NextHome, Inc., an award-winning national real estate\nfranchise, FrameVR.io, a virtual collaboration platform, and SUCCESS®\nEnterprises, a leading personal development and media brand for entrepreneurs.\nTogether, the AGNT platform provides a world-class multi-model operating\nsystem empowering independent agents, franchise owners, and team leaders\nacross the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and South Africa.\nAs a publicly traded company, AGNT prioritizes transparency, innovation, and\nlong-term value for agents, franchise owners, staff, and shareholders.\n\nSafe Harbor and Forward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of\nthe Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements reflect\nthe Company’s and its management’s current expectations, but involve known\nand unknown risks and uncertainties that could impact actual results\nmaterially. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements\nregarding the Company’s leadership transition, including the anticipated\nbenefits of the transition to the Company, its agents, franchise owners and\nshareholders; Mr. Pareja’s and Mr. Sanford’s respective roles and expected\ncontributions to the Company’s strategy, growth and operations; and the\nCompany’s future business, financial condition and operating performance.\nImportant factors that may cause actual results to differ materially and\nadversely from those expressed in forward-looking statements include the\nCompany’s ability to execute and manage the leadership transition\nsuccessfully and without disruption to its business, operations or strategic\nplans; general economic conditions and conditions in the real estate industry;\ncompetitive pressures; the Company’s ability to execute its growth and\ntechnology strategies; and other risks detailed from time to time in the\nCompany’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not\nlimited to the most recently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual\nReport on Form 10-K. We do not undertake any obligation to update these\nstatements except as required by law.\n\nMedia Contact\nAGNT, Inc.\nmediarelations@agnt.inc\n\nInvestor Relations \nDenise Garcia\ninvestors@agnt.inc\n\nA photo accompanying this announcement is available at\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/29a3e7f7-a8ad-41eb-95bc-84a4f6c126ff\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/c10c16cc-9795-4c7f-b6d3-7c8fb0faa5b1)\nLeo Pareja Named Chief Executive Officer of AGNT; Founder Glenn Sanford to\nContinue as Chairman of the Board \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/29a3e7f7-a8ad-41eb-95bc-84a4f6c126ff/en)\nGlenn Sanford, who built AGNT, Inc. into a global, agent-centric platform,\nwill remain Chairman of the Board, focused on the Company's long-term vision;\nLeo Pareja will lead its next chapter of growth as CEO\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNX9CqKLc-20261008","title":"Leo Pareja Named Chief Executive Officer of AGNT; Founder Glenn Sanford to Continue as Chairman of the Board","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"AGNT","created":"2026-10-08T17:10:00.095Z","tickers":["AGNT"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"BELLINGHAM, Wash., Oct. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AGNT, Inc. (Nasdaq:\nAGNT), formerly eXp World Holdings, Inc., (the “Company,” “AGNT” or\n“we”), the holding company for eXp Realty®, NextHome, Inc., FrameVR.io\nand SUCCESS® Enterprises, announced that effective immediately, Leo Pareja,\nwho has served as Chief Executive Officer of eXp Realty since 2024, has been\nnamed Chief Executive Officer of AGNT. Pareja succeeds Glenn Sanford, who\nfounded the Company in 2009 and reimagined what a real estate brokerage could\nbe. Sanford will continue to serve AGNT as Chairman of the Board of Directors,\nguiding the long-term vision of the company.\n\nThis leadership transition marks the next phase of its growth strategy as the\nCompany continues to scale and expand its presence locally and\ninternationally.\n\n“Building this company from the ground up and watching our vision for a\nbetter, agent-centric model of real estate grow into the global, AI-native,\nmulti-model platform it is today has been the privilege of my career,” said\nGlenn Sanford, Founder of AGNT, Inc. “After nearly two decades leading this\ncompany, I believe now is the right time to take the next step in our\nevolution. Leo has earned this moment. He's been instrumental in moving our\nmodel into the AI-native era, and I've seen firsthand his commitment to our\nagents, our people, and our shareholders. He built a successful real estate\nplatform before joining us in 2022, so he understands firsthand the work our\nagents put in every day as entrepreneurs. As Board Chairman and an AGNT\nshareholder, I have complete confidence in Leo and in what's ahead.”\n\n“Glenn built something the industry said couldn't work – a company owned\nby the agents who power it – and turned it into a global, AI-native platform\nthat's redefining what real estate can be. I don't take that legacy\nlightly,” said Leo Pareja, Chief Executive Officer of AGNT, Inc.\n\n“My focus now is making sure every agent on our platform has the tools, the\ntechnology, and the ownership stake to compete and win in an AI-native market.\nWe're not just adapting to where the industry is headed, we're building the\ninfrastructure for it. That's the work ahead, and I'm ready for it,” Pareja\nadded.\n\n“Glenn’s vision and leadership guided AGNT to the cloud-based industry\nleadership position we enjoy today, and our agents, owners, employees, and\nshareholders are all beneficiaries,” said Randall Miles, Vice Chairman of\nthe AGNT Board of Directors. “As Chairman, Glenn will continue to guide our\nlong-term strategy and the company will keep benefiting from his expertise\nwell into the future. This transition is the product of years of deliberate,\nthoughtful succession planning by our Board, which voted unanimously to\nappoint Leo as our next Chief Executive Officer. He is a results-driven leader\nwith a deep understanding of our business and our agent-centric model. We are\nconfident Leo is the right person to lead AGNT forward and can’t wait to see\nhim build on that track record as he assumes his expanded role.”\n\nLeo Pareja Biography\n\nLeo Pareja has served as Chief Executive Officer of eXp Realty since April\n2024, having previously held the roles of Chief Strategy Officer and President\nof Affiliated Services. In that capacity, he helped launch Revenos and drive\nkey enhancements to eXp Solutions, strengthening the Company's value\nproposition for agents. In May 2026, Pareja led the Company's acquisition of\nNextHome, Inc., marking its first expansion into franchising and the shift to\nthe multi-model platform that today trades on Nasdaq under the ticker AGNT.\n\nPareja brings more than 20 years of real estate experience to the role. Before\njoining the Company in 2022, he co-founded Remine, Inc. in 2016, serving as\nCEO and President until its acquisition by MLS Technology Holdings, LLC in\n2021; under his leadership, Remine's MLS technology suite grew to serve more\nthan one million real estate professionals across North America. Earlier in\nhis career, Pareja built one of the industry's top-producing real estate teams\nand was recognized on RealTrends' The Thousand, NAHREP's Top 250 and Realtor®\nMagazine's 30 Under 30, and has been named six times to the Swanepoel Power\n200 list of influential residential real estate leaders.\n\nPareja has also been a longtime advocate for the industry, serving as founding\npresident of NAHREP's Metro D.C. chapter and later as the organization's\nnational president. He is a graduate of George Mason University, where he\nearned his B.A. in Integrated Studies.\n\nAbout AGNT, Inc.\n\nBuilt by Agents. Built for Agents. AGNT, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGNT) is the global\nparent company of eXp Realty®, the most agent-centric™ real estate\nbrokerage on the planet, NextHome, Inc., an award-winning national real estate\nfranchise, FrameVR.io, a virtual collaboration platform, and SUCCESS®\nEnterprises, a leading personal development and media brand for entrepreneurs.\nTogether, the AGNT platform provides a world-class multi-model operating\nsystem empowering independent agents, franchise owners, and team leaders\nacross the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and South Africa.\nAs a publicly traded company, AGNT prioritizes transparency, innovation, and\nlong-term value for agents, franchise owners, staff, and shareholders.\n\nSafe Harbor and Forward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of\nthe Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements reflect\nthe Company’s and its management’s current expectations, but involve known\nand unknown risks and uncertainties that could impact actual results\nmaterially. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements\nregarding the Company’s leadership transition, including the anticipated\nbenefits of the transition to the Company, its agents, franchise owners and\nshareholders; Mr. Pareja’s and Mr. Sanford’s respective roles and expected\ncontributions to the Company’s strategy, growth and operations; and the\nCompany’s future business, financial condition and operating performance.\nImportant factors that may cause actual results to differ materially and\nadversely from those expressed in forward-looking statements include the\nCompany’s ability to execute and manage the leadership transition\nsuccessfully and without disruption to its business, operations or strategic\nplans; general economic conditions and conditions in the real estate industry;\ncompetitive pressures; the Company’s ability to execute its growth and\ntechnology strategies; and other risks detailed from time to time in the\nCompany’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not\nlimited to the most recently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual\nReport on Form 10-K. We do not undertake any obligation to update these\nstatements except as required by law.\n\nMedia Contact\nAGNT, Inc.\nmediarelations@agnt.inc\n\nInvestor Relations \nDenise Garcia\ninvestors@agnt.inc\n\nA photo accompanying this announcement is available at\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/29a3e7f7-a8ad-41eb-95bc-84a4f6c126ff\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/c10c16cc-9795-4c7f-b6d3-7c8fb0faa5b1)\nLeo Pareja Named Chief Executive Officer of AGNT; Founder Glenn Sanford to\nContinue as Chairman of the Board \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/29a3e7f7-a8ad-41eb-95bc-84a4f6c126ff/en)\nGlenn Sanford, who built AGNT, Inc. into a global, agent-centric platform,\nwill remain Chairman of the Board, focused on the Company's long-term vision;\nLeo Pareja will lead its next chapter of growth as CEO\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-10-08T17:10:00.131388766Z","server_sent_at_ms":1791479400131},"received_at":"2026-10-08T17:10:00.185Z","source_url":null},"analysis":{"id":"153090","press_release_id":"164679","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Real Estate Services","sector":"Real Estate"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"executive_change","narrative":"AGNT, Inc. named Leo Pareja, CEO of its eXp Realty brokerage since 2024, as Chief Executive Officer of the holding company, effective immediately.\n\nPareja succeeds founder Glenn Sanford, who led the company since 2009 and will remain Chairman of the Board focused on long-term vision. 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