United Wholesale Mortgage announced Wednesday it has named Alex Elezaj as its chief strategy officer.

We are thrilled to have such an amazing leader join our team, and his main focus will be aligned with UWM’s which is to help our mortgage broker partners grow,” said Mat Ishbia, UWM’s president and CEO. “He is in total lockstep with our company from a leadership vision and culture standpoint, as he believes mortgage brokers are the best place for loan originators to work and for borrowers to get a mortgage.

During Elezaj’s three-year tenure as CEO at Class Appraisal, the company more than tripled its annual revenue and built strategic business partnerships with more than 300 mortgage lenders and over a thousand of the nation’s top-performing appraisers. In 2017, Elezaj was named a recipient of HousingWire’s Vanguard award.

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