LJ Hooker

LJ Hooker
Formerly
  • L. J. Hooker Investment Corporation
  • Hooker Corporation
Company typeProprietary
IndustryReal estate
Founded1928; 96 years ago (1928)
FounderLeslie Joseph Hooker
Headquarters
Sydney
,
Australia
Number of locations
730 (2018)
Area served
Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, China and Hong Kong
Key people
Janusz Hooker (Chairman)
ProductsReal estate franchising real estate
Services
OwnerEach LJ Hooker office is independently owned and managed by its franchisees.
Number of employees
8,000 (2018)

LJ Hooker is one of Australia's largest real estate groups, with 600 franchise offices and 6,000 people engaged in residential and commercial property sales and property management.[1][2] The company was founded in 1928 by Sir Leslie Joseph Hooker and after being sold to a private company for 20 years, the company returned to family hands in 2009.[3][4]

  1. ^ ABC Life Matters. “LJ Hooker, the man behind the brand”, ABC, 24 March 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  2. ^ The LJ Hooker Network https://www.ljhooker.com.au/about-us/the-lj-hooker-network
  3. ^ Spearritt, Peter (1996). "Hooker, Sir Leslie Joseph (1903–1976)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  4. ^ Korporaal, Glenda (2011). “Piecing together the puzzle of LJ Hooker's heritage”, The Australian, 3 February 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2017.