Likewise, Paul L. Hulme was inducted into the Real Estate Hall of Fame in 2018.
SARATOGA, CA, March 30, 2020 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Paul L. Hulme has been inducted into Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
With many decades of professional experience, Mr. Hulme has garnered considerable expertise in the areas of luxury real estate and the business development of high end luxury properties. He notably co-founded Alain Pinel Realtors in 1990 alongside Helen Pastorino and Alain Pinel, eventually becoming the sole owner of the company in 1995. He excelled as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Alain Pinel Realtors in 1994, after which time he led to the establishment of the aforementioned company as the fifth largest residential real estate company in the United States, and the largest privately-owned real estate company in California. In 2003 Alain Pinel Realtors was designated as the second largest family-owned business in all Silicon Valley, and was acquired by Compass in 2019.
Prior to his exemplary work at Alain Pinel Realtors, Mr. Hulme owned and operated over a dozen successful businesses, notably served as the District Manager of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. He had also previously bought and sold real estate before Alain Pinel and Helen Pastorino reached out to ask him to join them in founding a real estate business. Initially intending to follow in the footsteps of two of his older brothers and become a doctor, he earned a bachelor's degree in pre-med at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. However, while he was in college, Mr. Hulme owned and operated a chain-link fence business, and the success and enjoyment he found in this company led to a shift in his ambitions toward the field of business.
A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mr. Hulme spent two and a half years on a mission for his church in Germany, and has since become an ordained bishop in the church. Furthermore, Mr. Hulme also completed a tour of duty as a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force.
For excellence in his career, Mr. Hulme has been the recipient of a number of honors and accolades. He was honored among the Most Powerful People in the Residential Real Estate Brokerage Industry in Swanepoel Power 200 by T3 Sixty in 2019. Likewise, he was inducted into the Real Estate Hall of Fame in 2018. Alain Pinel Realtors has been additionally recognized as the Real Estate Firm of the Year by the San Jose Business Journal. Furthermore, Mr. Hulme was featured in the winter 2016 edition of the Silicon Valley Local Magazine in an article titled "A Man of Destiny and Quality."
Out of all his accomplishments, Mr. Hulme considers the highlight of his career to be the many different successful businesses he has established over the years. He has owned a total of 16 business and prides himself on having never been employed by someone else as an adult, other than for Massachusetts Mutual and the U.S. Air Force. Every single one of his businesses has been from projects he has built from the ground up.
Growing up in a large family with six siblings, Mr. Hulme has been happily married to his wife for over 60 years, with whom he is a proud parent of six children. He is also a grandfather for 23 wonderful grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren. In his retirement, he takes great enjoyment in gardening, reading and swimming. He also plays the piano, the trombone, and formerly played the guitar on a local radio station in Utah. Enjoying traveling in his spare time as well, Mr. Hulme's favorite places to visit are Hawaii and Germany, as he used to take his entire family on trips to Hawaii and Europe.
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