Austin Allison

Austin is CEO of Pacaso and co-founded the company to make the dream of second home ownership a reality for more people after experiencing the profound effect it had on his own life. Pacaso is Austin’s second startup. In 2009, he founded dotloop in his hometown of Cincinnati, a company that created software to seamlessly manage real estate transactions. Zillow acquired dotloop in 2015, and Austin continued to run dotloop as a Zillow executive until 2018. Austin started selling real estate at the age of 18 and worked in residential and commercial real estate for a decade. Austin enjoys running, mountain biking and flying. He lives in Napa, CA with his wife Angela and their son. dotloop CEO and founder Austin Allison bought his first house at 17, became a licensed realtor at 18, sold residential real estate in the Cincinnati area and practiced commercial real estate leasing throughout college. After experiencing firsthand the frustrations and inefficiencies of endless paperwork in the real estate transaction process,Allison founded dotloop in 2009 (then age 24) to eliminate paperwork in real estate transactions. dotloop is the largest network in real estate, where more than 900,000 professionals come together online to complete entire real estate transactions from start to close. dotloop gives all parties involved (agents, buyers, sellers) the more collaborative, digital experience they expect in today’s real-time, connected world. Allison has received several industry accolades, including being named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30,” one of 10 CEOs featured as “Ohio’s Most Talented Entrepreneurs” by CEO Magazine, Inman News’ 2012 “Innovator of the Year,” and “Executive of the Year” for the Best in Biz Awards 2012. Allison appeared on the cover of the September 2012 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine, which highlighted five young entrepreneurs whose ideas changed their industries. Austin was also included in the Swanepoel 200: The 200 Most Powerful People in Residential Real Estate in 2013. Austin is the co-author of Peoplework: How to Run a People-First Business in a Digital-First World. Allison graduated summa cum laude from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Development.