Stuart Wolff
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While other dot-coms are failing, Homestore.com Inc. gets stronger. It has the most popular collection of real estate sites on the Web. Better yet, it has been profitable for three quarters, and its stock is trading at about $30 a share--twice what it was a year ago when Net stocks tanked.
Credit CEO Stuart H. Wolff and Homestore.com's unique business model. Other dot-coms tried to vanquish the Old Guard, but Homestore.com (HOMS ) formed alliances with the real estate Establishment. "The rules of business are not going to be rewritten," he says. "The Internet is just a tool. The companies that do just the Net will be few and far between."