Chief Executive, Westside Estate Agency Inc.

Kurt Rappaport was No. 1 on the Business Journal’s annual list of top residential agents with $1.6 billion of sales in 2021, up from $1 billion the previous year. Noteworthy Rappaport clients over the years include Larry Ellison, Jimmy Iovine, Dr. Dre, Bono, Madonna, Sean Parker, Ellen DeGeneres, Ryan Seacrest, Steven Cohen, Peter Guber, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, and Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen. Rappaport started his real estate career at the age of 19, working at Merrill Lynch before launching Beverly Hills-based Westside Estate Agency with Stephen Shapiro in 1999. The company currently has offices in Beverly Hills, Malibu and Miami and annual sales of more than $3 billion.

YEARS ON THE LA500: 7