Tom Carruthers is a Principal Owner and serves as President of Red Rock Realty Group. Tom began his real estate career in 1986 with Porter, White & Company where he worked for 16 years, gaining experience in investments, development, brokerage and industrial site selection. He formed Carruthers Real Estate Company in 2001 and then, in partnership with Charles Robinson, acquired Property Managers, Inc. in 2007. Later in 2010, Tom and Charles merged their two companies, renaming it Red Rock Realty Group. Tom and Charles recruited Tommy Joyce to join them as a partner in 2016 to manage and grow Red Rock’s property management division. The threesome then invited Jack Little to become a partner in 2020 to manage and grow the commercial brokerage division.
In 2011, Tom, Charles and two other commercial real estate executives acquired LAH Sotheby’s International Realty, one of the largest locally owned residential real estate companies in Alabama. Red Rock Realty Group and LAH Sotheby’s are operated as separate entities but enjoy working together. In 2024 LAH Sotheby’s acquired a majority interest in Kaiser Sotheby’s International Realty, which has offices in Gulf Shores and Fairhope, Alabama.
In his spare time, Tom enjoys serving on various not-for-profit boards and volunteering his time with Rotary Club projects. He also enjoys backpacking, canoeing, kayaking, cycling, skiing and travel of any kind. Tom has climbed fourteen mountains over 10,000 feet in elevation including Aconcogua (22,834’), Pico de Orizaba (18,702’), Mt. Ranier (14,410’) and Grant Teton (13,370’), and has had failed attempts at more than one, including Mt. McKinley and Popocatepetl. Tom and his wife Brooke have two daughters, Scout and Neely.