Jay Farner

Jay Farner is President and Chief Marketing Officer of Quicken Loans, the nation’s largest online home loan lender and third largest retail mortgage lender. In addition, Jay serves as Portfolio Manager for Quicken Loans’ family of companies. Jay joined Rock Financial in 1996 and quickly became one of the company’s top mortgage professionals. In early 1997, he became a Director of Mortgage Banking and played a significant role in training and development for Rock Financial, the company’s former Michigan-only brand. He was later promoted to Vice President of Web Mortgage Banking in May 1998 and helped to establish Quicken Loans as the largest online lender in the country. Jay also serves as Director for the credit monitoring site Quizzle.com, national reverse mortgage lender One Reverse Mortgage, real estate company In-House Realty, and marketing firm Rock Connections. Along with his work for Quicken Loans, Jay serves as a board member for the Karmanos Cancer Institute and as the Chair of its Marketing Committee. He is also a board member of the Metropolitan Detroit YMCA. Jay holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Michigan State University and is the recipient of the 2011 Crain’s Detroit Business 40 under 40 class. He resides in southeast Michigan, with his wife Wendi and their three children.