Kurt Rappaport is an American real estate businessman, investor, and entrepreneur. He is co-founder and CEO of the Westside Estate Agency.
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Rappaport is the son of Floyd A. Rappaport, a Jewish-born Detroit-born entertainment advocate representing celebrities including Irwin Allen, Peter Lawford, and Steve McQueen. Rappaport graduated from the University of Southern California where he worked in part-time real estate. After school, he worked for Merrill Lynch Realty, Fred Sands Estates and Stan Herman, Stephen Shapiro and Associates before co-founding Westside Estate Agency in 1999 with Stephen Shapiro. In 2006, the agency added the Malibu office and booked over $ 1 billion in sales with Rappaport founders and Shapiro ranked as the top two agents in Los Angeles County, according to Los Angeles Times. By 2015, WEA has more than 100 full-time agents with offices in Beverly Hills, Malibu and Miami with more than $ 3 billion in annual sales.
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Careers
Rappaport has represented personalities such as David Geffen, Adam Levine, Ellen DeGeneres, Ryan Seacrest, Tom Ford, Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen, Sean Parker, Sean Combs, Dr. Dre, Larry Ellison, represented by Rappaport spree purchase including 30 Malibu properties worth over $ 600 million. Rappaport has owned and developed some of California's most valuable real estate. Many of his homes have been featured in Architectural Digest and many other publications.
Ventures Media
In 2012, Rappaport established Ora.tv, an online digital network distributed through Hulu, along with Carlos Slim and Larry King. Ora has offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Mexico City. Rappaport is also an executive producer of "London Fields", a film currently in post-production stage, starring Amber Heard, Billy Bob Thornton, and Johnny Depp. The film is based on the New York Times Bestseller, London Fields, written by Martin Amis.
Personal life
Rappaport married Juliette MacArthur, daughter of actor James MacArthur and granddaughter of actress Helen Hayes; they have three children. In September, 2017, Rappaport married a Canadian model, Sarah Mutch He has a $ 100 million 6-acre Malibu estate that has the longest private pool in the State of California. He sold this house to record $ 120 million to Canadian billionaire Daryl Katz Before living in Malibu, Rappaport sold his own home in Beverly Hills to Tom Cruise for $ 32.5 million
Awards, Recognition, and Philanthropy
On September 21, 2016, in New York City, Rappaport, along with Martin Scorsese, received The Friar's Club Icon Award, at a black-tie charity hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Leonardo DiCaprio on Cipriani Wall Street. The Icon Award is the highest honor of the legendary club and rewards individuals whose achievements go beyond the industry they are providing with a culture that influences positively. This award was previously awarded to Douglas Fairbanks, Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Tom Cruise, Robert DeNiro, Tony Bennett and Carlos Slim.
In August 2016 & amp; 2017, Rappaport was named by the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of the 500 Most Influential People In Los Angeles.
In January 2018, Rappaport was honored by Major League Baseball and received the Dave Winfield Humanitarian Award at the Beverly Hills Hilton International Ballroom. The award ceremony was televised on MLB Network.
Rappaport is in various charity councils and advisors.
References
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