Tim Birkmeier Retiring From Rocket, Mortgage Industry

Tim Birkmeier, Rocket Mortgage president, is retiring from the company and the industry altogether. After nearly three decades with Rocket, Birkmeier announced his leaving in a LinkedIn post. “As I move on to the next chapter in my life, I hope to have proven to those at RKT what can be accomplished when you are willing to sacrifice for the greater good, consciously make professional improvements, and be consistent in your actions to get great results,” he wrote. Birkmeier thanked Dan Gilbert, Bill Emerson, and Jay Farner, saying they allowed him to have a strong leadership voice in the company. “I will always have a deep respect for our unique and good company culture that has been formed through the…

As Rocket’s Jay Farner Retires His Impact Is Remembered

By KIMBERLEY HAAS After a 27-year career, Rocket Companies CEO Jay Farner is retiring this week and he will be remembered as a keen businessman who helped make mortgages more accessible to average Americans as technology pushed transactions out of traditional offices and onto mobile devices. Leaders at the company announced Farner’s retirement on February 13, saying that he had stepped down from his position on the Rocket Board of Directors and would begin transitioning his roles and responsibilities as CEO to longtime Rocket executive Bill Emerson. Emerson will assume the role of chief executive officer on an interim basis on June 1, according to the press release. Farner, who is 50 years old, said in a statement that he…