At the helm since its founding in 2017, Gal’s firm provides a real estate platform that enables top-producing agents and teams to easily operate their own independent brokerage without the hassles of running a brokerage. In March 2021, Side raised $150 million at a $1 billion valuation and three months later raised another $100 million at a $2.5 billion valuation. That, in part, led to Inman naming Side its company of the year in 2021. Side now serves over 420 partner companies across nine states and Washington, DC.