Rocket hires Venmo, PayPal vet to lead product engineering teams

Papanii Okai will help the mortgage giant harness artificial intelligence and build out fintech platform connecting its real estate, lending and personal finance subsidiaries. Continue reading

Dan Sogorka tapped to grow Rocket’s wholesale channel

In a newly created role at Rocket Pro TPO, the former Sagent CEO is tasked with winning more business from mortgage brokers by leveraging Rocket’s data, technology and AI capabilities. Continue reading

Rocket says AI helping it grow capacity and keep expenses flat

With second quarter net income up 28 percent to $178 million, CEO Varun Krishna says Rocket is making “significant investments in data leadership and infrastructure.” Continue reading

Rocket hires first group CTO to accelerate AI development

Qualcomm and Intel veteran Shawn Malhotra comes to Rocket from Thomson Reuters where, as head of engineering, he helped the global media giant develop a cloud-based, API-driven generative AI platform. Continue reading

Rocket hires first group CTO to accelerate AI development

Qualcomm and Intel veteran Shawn Malhotra comes to Rocket from Thomson Reuters where, as head of engineering, he helped the global media giant develop a cloud-based, API-driven generative AI platform. Continue reading

Rocket Mortgage picks up market share — and turns a tidy Q1 profit

On its quest to reclaim the title of nation’s biggest mortgage lender, Rocket didn’t sacrifice profits, generating $291 million in net income as revenue grew 107 percent from a year ago, to $1.38 billion. Continue reading

Shares in Rocket up after hours as investors roll with $233M Q4 loss

Mortgage giant reports positive adjusted earnings for the third consecutive quarter, “despite some of the most difficult industry conditions in three decades,” CEO Varun Krishna says.  Continue reading

Rocket’s new CEO Varun Krishna takes seat on board of directors

The mortgage lending giant’s board of directors has been expanded from seven members to eight to accommodate the move. Krishna’s term will expire at the company’s 2026 annual meeting. Continue reading

Rocket stays profitable in Q3 but still in the red for the year

Cost-cutting helped the mortgage lending giant rack up its second consecutive profitable quarter, but at $61.45 billion, mortgage originations for the year to date are down 46 percent from a year ago. Continue reading

Rocket back in the black after boosting purchase market share

The Detroit-based mortgage giant returned to profitability during the spring homebuying season by slashing costs and boosting its market share in the face of severe inventory shortages. Continue reading