Gil Wright was a practising business broker from 1975 and obtained his real estate agent's licence in 1979. Gil Wright became a member of the REIQ in 1980 and was founding member and former chairman of the REIQ Business Brokers Chapter and joined the International Business Brokers Association in 1997.
Gil Wright established Gil Wright & Associates Business Valuations in 1988. Prior to this, the business traded as The Business Brokers.
Gil Wright was awarded Life Membership of the REIQ posthumously in 2015.