PulteGroup

PulteGroup, Inc. is an American residential home-construction company based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. As of 2023, the company is the third-largest home-construction company in the United States based on the number of homes closed.[3][4] In total, the company has built over 775,000 homes.[1]

PulteGroup, Inc.
FormerlyPulte Homes, Inc.
TypePublic company
IndustryHome construction
Founded1950 (1950)
FounderBill Pulte
HeadquartersAtlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Key people
 Ryan R. Marshall, CEO & President
John Chadwick, EVP
G. Robert T. O'Shaughnessy, CFO
Production output
28,894 new home deliveries
RevenueIncrease US$13.927 billion (2021)
Increase US$1.93 billion (2021)
Total assetsIncrease US$13.353 billion (2021)
Total equityIncrease US$7.49 billion (2021)
Number of employees
6,182 (2021)
Websitepultegroupinc.com
Footnotes / references
[1][2]

The company operates in 44 markets in 23 states.[1] In 2021, it ranked 284th on the Fortune 500.[5] The company was founded by Bill Pulte in Michigan, and moved its headquarters to Atlanta in 2014. Since 2016, Ryan Marshall has been the president and CEO of the company.

History

In 1950, Bill Pulte, who was 18 years old, began building and selling houses.[6] In 1956, the company was formed[1] and was based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.[6] In 1972, the company became a public company via an initial public offering. In 1998, PulteGroup acquired Divosta for an estimated $150 million.[7] The company also acquired Radnor Homes.[8] In 2001, the company acquired Del E. Webb Construction Company, founded by Del Webb, for $1.8 billion.[9] In 2003, the company acquired Sivage-Thomas Homes.[10] In 2009, Pulte Group acquired Centex for $1.3 billion in stock.[11][12] In August 2014, the company acquired the real-estate assets of Dominion Homes for $82 million.[13]

The company changed its name from Pulte Homes, Inc. to PulteGroup, Inc. in March 2010. In 2016, Ryan Marshall became president and CEO of the company.[14] In April 2019, the company acquired the homebuilding operations of American West Homes for $150 million.[15]

In 2016, the company won at 9th Annual Shorty Awards for real estate,[16] and in 2022, it was named among Fortune's Best Companies to Work For.[17]

 PulteGroup 
Company formed by Bill Pulte 1956

Initial public offering
1972

Divosta[7]
1998

Radnor Homes[8]
1998

Del Webb Construction Company[9]
2001

Sivage-Thomas Homes[10]
2003

Centex[11][12]
2009

John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods[18]
2016

American West Homes[15]
2019

Criticism

Stucco defects in Florida homes

In 2019, after an investigation by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, Pulte agreed to pay $4.7 million in restitution and make repairs to houses it sold in Florida that had cracks in stucco applied to a wood frame, stucco delamination, and improper installation of weep screed.[19][20]

2009 allegations of systematic construction defects

On March 26, 2009, Building Justice,[21] a project of the International Union of Painters and the Sheet Metal Workers International Association, with support from the AFL-CIO, released the report of a survey of 872 Pulte and Del Webb home owners in Arizona, Nevada, and California, in which 63% of respondents reported construction defects in their homes. The report "Poorly Built by Pulte, No Different at Del Webb: Homeowner Dissatisfaction in Arizona, Nevada, and California" was published on the project's website.[22]

Assault of picketing workers

In May 2007, during a protest at a Pulte Homes construction site, an employee used a water truck owned by the company to repeatedly assault a group of workers picketing outside a home with a high-pressure water hose.[23] On June 20, 2007, a video of the incident was posted on Youtube.[24]

Dismissed lawsuit regarding propping up sale prices

In October 2009, a class-action lawsuit was filed by Steve Berman accusing the company of artificially propping up house sales prices and contributing to the United States housing bubble. The lawsuit was dismissed by the court.[25]

References
  1. "PULTEGROUP, INC. 2021 Form 10-K Annual Report". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
  2. "PulteGroup Revenue 2010-2022 | PHM". www.macrotrends.net.
  3. "The Top 100". builderonline.com. 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  4. "The Top 100". Hanley Wood.
  5. "Fortune 500: PulteGroup". Fortune.
  6. Szczesny, Joseph (February 16, 2010). "Founder of Pulte Homes resigns after 60 years". The Oakland Press.
  7. "Pulte Expands Southeast Operations By Buying Divosta". The New York Times. Bloomberg News. July 2, 1998.
  8. "Radnor Homes sold". American City Business Journals. May 27, 1998.
  9. Umberger, Mary (May 2, 2001). "Pulte Homes to buy rival Del Webb for $1.8 billion". Chicago Tribune.
  10. "Pulte buys Sivage-Thomas Homes". American City Business Journals. July 2, 2003.
  11. "Pulte Homes and Centex Shareholders Overwhelmingly Approve Merger" (Press release). Business Wire. August 18, 2009.
  12. Clifford, Catherine (April 8, 2009). "Pulte Homes in $3.1 billion merger". CNN.
  13. Staff (October 24, 2014). "Dominion Homes assets brought $82.7 million in sale to Pulte". The Columbus Dispatch.
  14. Krantz, Matt (September 8, 2016). "PulteGroup appoints Ryan Marshall as new CEO". USA Today.
  15. Segall, Eli (April 29, 2019). "Las Vegas developer Larry Canarelli sells homebuilding operations". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  16. "Best in Real Estate in Social Media". shortyawards.com.
  17. "100 Best Companies to Work For". Fortune.
  18. "PulteGroup Completes Acquisition of Certain Homebuilding Assets of John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods" (Press release). PRNewswire. January 15, 2016.
  19. Wille, Chris (February 19, 2019). "Relief for Pulte homeowners". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
  20. Brown, Angela (January 30, 2019). "Sun City lawsuit settlement won't do "diddly squat," homeowners say". WCIV.
  21. Building Justice Campaign website, retrieved 2007-06-22
  22. "Poorly Built by Pulte Homes". 2012-03-09. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  23. Callner, Amy, Workers Get Soaked By Pulte Homes!, retrieved 2007-06-22
  24. AFL-CIO. Workers Get Soaked by Pulte Homes! (YouTube video). AFLCIONow. Retrieved June 20, 2007.
  25. Caulfield, John (February 23, 2010). "California court dismisses class action lawsuit against Pulte Homes". Hanley Wood.
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