Arthur E. "Art" Bartlett (November 26, 1933 – December 31, 2009) was an American entrepreneur and founder of the Century 21 Real Estate franchise.
Bartlett was born in Glens Falls, New York, and moved with his family to Long Beach, California in the 1940s.
[2] He would own his own real estate company, and met his future partner, Marshall Fisher, at a chance meeting at a diner.
The business sought to provide independent real estate agencies with the combined advertising, training and brand recognition of the parent franchiser — including its distinctive gold-colored jackets — helping them compete with national and regional chains.
By 1977, Century 21 had 6,000 brokers and the firm's share of commissions and other licensing fees the following year reached $23 million.