Glenn Renner

Glenn Renner is CEO of HomeSphere, the largest marketplace serving the residential construction industry. He joined HomeSphere as the senior vice president and CMO in 2004 and was appointed president and COO in 2008. In 2015, he led a management buyout of the company and took over as CEO.

Renner has grown HomeSphere – organically and through a series of acquisitions and investments – into a world-class technology foundation serving an exclusive channel of local production builders and product manufacturers. Its builder base constructed 18% of all homes built in the U.S last year.

Prior to HomeSphere, Glenn spent 17 years with Sherwin-Williams (NYSE: SHW). He held many sales and operations roles culminating in his role as vice president of architectural marketing where he was responsible for new product development and implementation of marketing programs to drive the growth of the company’s multi-billion-dollar architectural product line sold nationally through more than 2,600 company-owned stores.

A noted expert within the residential building sector, Glenn is a frequent contributor to building trade publications and a speaker at key conferences. He served on the board of directors of PureColor Inc. and is the past chairman of the board of Rebuilding Together Metro Denver, a nonprofit that preserves affordable housing by rehabilitating the homes of low-income homeowners.