Bill Young

William “Bill” Young is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Estately, a company dedicated to making homeownership more accessible. Mr. Young has always believed that owning a home should be within reach for everyone, and he is committed to making that a reality. This is why he and a team of real estate, technology, and finance veterans set out with a mission to expand successful homeownership.

Prior to establishing Estately, Mr. Young co-founded Home Partners of America, a single-family housing platform, leading the company from 2012 through early 2023. He also held roles as Managing Director and member of the investment committee for Equity Group Investments' distressed debt fund from 2009 to 2011.

Bill brings extensive banking experience from his tenure at Goldman Sachs & Co. and Citigroup. At Goldman Sachs, where he served as Managing Director and Partner from 2001 to 2008, he was the co-head of the European Mortgage Department and the Global Infrastructure Investment Fund. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Mr. Young spent fourteen years at Citibank from 1987 to 2001, holding various leadership positions in areas including Leveraged Finance and Commercial Real Estate workouts and leading the firm’s European Securitization and Real Estate Finance Group.

In addition to private and non-profit board participation, Bill was a director of Energy Future Holdings Corp from 2007 to 2008, and he was a director of Equity Lifestyle Communities from 2013 to 2018.

Bill earned a Bachelor’s of Science from Purdue University.