Merle L. Whitehead: A Family-Built Powerhouse

There was big news coming out of Upstate New York this summer when Merle L. Whitehead, chairman of RealtyUSA Broker Services, Inc., announced that he had sold the company to Pennsylvania giant Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, merging to create one of the largest real estate companies in the U.S.
“When you look at mergers in the past, to the best of my knowledge, this is the biggest family-owned business buying another family-owned business,” Whitehead says. “Together, we sold