Since launching the Sarasota-based luxury brokerage in 1976, Michael Saunders has built the firm into a powerful force in Florida, with 600-plus agents and more than $3 billion in sales across Lee, Manatee, Charlotte and Sarasota counties. Her son, Drayton, took the helm as president in 2009, and the duo has only grown more ambitious. In 2025 alone,the firm expanded its leadership team and added two new teams in Florida, including The Castro Group in Bradenton.