Kim Conti DeGroot

As the owner and founder of Kimberly’s Global Real Estate, thank you for taking the time to visit her website and learn about her team. She is very proud of the team she has put together and the level of assistance they have provided countless families for 20+ years now.

She is often asked how she went from an executive at Kodak to starting a real estate company and the answer is simple. Real Estate transactions are very personal and the amount of trust you have to put into an agent to make the best decision on your behalf (with your hard-earned money), is very high. She has always felt that her trustworthiness and God-given talent for business and negotiation is being put to use well, and if you get the chance to know her hopefully you will see why. So back to her story.

Those who know Kim well describe her as gregarious, determined, fair, trustworthy, and honest, qualities that has described her from birth. She was born and raised in Rochester New York by a hard-working mother and father and the entrepreneurial spirit of her extended family. Her father was from Italy, and they enjoyed living the “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” lifestyle – every Thurs. and Sunday, until she was 12 – her thirties they all gathered at her grandparents for pasta.

After high school, she had big dreams for herself, and so it was off to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in New York to study International Business.

After she graduated, she was offered a job at Kodak where she stayed for seven years. While at Kodak, she managed international operations in Stuttgart, Germany. Kim was their first female International Business Executive, a fact that she is exceptionally proud of as a woman. She was also one of ten people selected to represent Kodak on-site as one of the ten worldwide sponsors for the Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA.

By year seven of Kim’s career, she missed home, her family, and the Central Coast. But, after managing international operations for a Fortune 500 company and representing them on a world stage, she wasn't sure what her next steps would be. However, she decided to leave her very successful career and spent some time thinking about what she wanted to pursue next. Real estate was a great way for her to assist others and put her business skills to use.

In addition to Kimberly's, her and her husband, Dan, established the DeGroot Youth Activities Endowment Fund, a San Luis Obispo 503(c) charity that supports local children’s activities in San Luis Obispo, CA as well as the Ruthian Investment Fund.