Gal and Saunders co-founded Side with its innovative brokerage model in 2017 and have grown it into the nation’s ninth-largest brokerage by sales volume. Gal serves as CEO and Saunders is chief broker officer of the San Francisco-based company, which offers a brokerage platform for agents and teams. Side is the broker of record and provides key operational and back-office support for over 3,700 agents who do nearly $25 billion in annual sales.