Born in Toronto, Canada, Walter J. Schneider is co-founder of RE/MAX Europe with his long-standing business partner, Frank J. Polzler. Established in 1994, RE/MAX Europe is presently represented in 33 European countries. With continuing rapid growth since its founding, RE/MAX Europe currently supports over 11,000 Sales Associates in about 1,500 offices.

Schneider’s influence also is manifest in North America, where he and Polzler were the major force in the expansion of RE/MAX into the Canadian market. In 1980, only four years after entering the real estate business, Schneider co-founded RE/MAX Ontario Atlantic Canada Inc. With little capital to facilitate the expansion, Schneider and Polzler fostered exponential growth in RE/MAX’s Canadian operations, becoming an enterprise unparalleled in the real estate and franchising industries. While laying the groundwork for RE/MAX expansion into Canada, Schneider also co-founded RE/MAX regions in New England and in the Midwestern United States. Schneider’s hallmark is his ability to initiate change and to create better methods of selling real estate. His innovations revolutionized the Canadian and European real estate markets. Along with Frank J. Polzler, Schneider is responsible for one of every two RE/MAX global offices. Together the business partners are leading plans for continued RE/MAX expansion in Europe.