Rappaport, Kurt — Westside Estate Agency Inc.

Rappaport, Kurt — Westside Estate Agency Inc

Chief Executive

Westside Estate Agency Inc.

THE LATEST: Rappaport was No. 1 on the Business Journal&s list of top residential agents with $909 million in sales in L.A. in 2019, nearly $175 million more than the No. 2 agent. His clients 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.

BACKGROUND: Native Angeleno Rappaport started his real estate career at the age of 19, working at Merrill Lynch. In 1999, he started Beverly Hills-based Westside Estate Agency with Stephen Shapiro. With offices in Beverly Hills, Malibu and Miami, the company today has annual sales of more than $3 billion. Rappaport volunteers at Children's Hospital and Cedars Sinai Los Angeles and is on the board of the Larry King Cardiac Foundation. He is a USC grad.

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