Kurt Rappaport

American real estate businessman

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Kurt Rappaport

Born|

Kurt Fleming Rappaport

(1971-01-26) January 26, 1971 (age 54)

Los Angeles, California

Education| B.A. in Business from University of Southern California
Occupation| Real Estate Agent
Children| 3

Kurt Rappaport is an American real estate investor and entrepreneur. He is co-founder and CEO of Westside Estate Agency.[4][1]

## Background

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Rappaport is the son of Floyd A. Rappaport, a Detroit-born entertainment lawyer of Jewish descent who represented celebrities including Irwin Allen, Peter Lawford, and Steve McQueen.[2][3][4] Rappaport graduated from the University of Southern California[4] where he worked in real estate part-time. After school, he worked for Merrill Lynch Realty, Fred Sands Estates, and Stan Herman, Stephen Shapiro and Associates before co-founding the Westside Estate Agency[5] in 1999 with Stephen Shapiro.[6] In 2006, the agency added a Malibu office and booked more than $1 billion in sales with co-founders Rappaport and Shapiro ranked as the top two agents in Los Angeles County, according to the Los Angeles Times.[7] As of 2015, WEA has over 100 full-time agents with offices in Beverly Hills, Malibu and Miami with over $3 billion in annual sales.[citation needed]

Kurt Rappaport (standing), with model Izabela Garcia, and Ryan Seacrest.

## Career

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Rappaport has represented David Geffen,[8] Adam Levine,[9] Ellen DeGeneres,[10] Ryan Seacrest,[11] Tom Ford,[12] Warren Beatty and Annette Bening,[13] Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen,[14] Sean Parker,[15] Sean Combs,[16] Dr. Dre,[17] Larry Ellison, who Rappaport represented on a buying spree[18] that included 30 Malibu properties valued at more than $600 million. Rappaport has owned and developed some of the most valuable real estate in California. Many of his homes have been featured in Architectural Digest and numerous other publications.[19]

## Media ventures

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Rappaport is the executive producer of "London Fields",[20][better source needed] a feature film currently in post-production, based on the novel London Fields by Martin Amis.

## Personal life

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In December, 2020, Rappaport married Serbian model, Zorana Kuzmanovic. He owned a 6-acre Malibu estate valued at $100M that features the longest private pool in the State of California.[citation needed] Prior to residing in Malibu, Rappaport sold his own home in Beverly Hills to Tom Cruise for $32.5M[21]

## Awards

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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 event hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Leonardo DiCaprio at Cipriani Wall Street.[22][23]

From 2016-2021, Rappaport has been named by Los Angeles Business Journal as being one of the 500 Most Influential People In Los Angeles.[24]

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 show ceremony was televised on MLB Network.[25]

## References

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1. ^ "Kurt Rappaport | Westside Estate Agency". The Real Deal. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
2. ^ Los Angeles Times: "Floyd A. RAPPAPORT Obituary" March 2, 2010 | "He is survived by his very loving son Kurt, daughter-in-law Juliette, brother Stuart and sister-in-law Anne Rappaport, sister Donna Braverman and three very loving grandchildren, Jake, Luke and Julia"
3. ^ Jewish Journal: "Obituaries: June 4-10, 2010" June 1, 2010
4. ^ a b Los Angeles Times: "Television Coup for a 'Panamanian' : Anti-Noriega Spokesman Turns Out to Be a Wrong Number" by DENNIS McDOUGAL October 07, 1989
5. ^ Los Angeles Block Shopper: "Real estate firm founder buys in Beverly Hills for $4.5M" February 19, 2010
6. ^ Westside Real Estate Agency website: "About Us" retrieved July 25, 2015
7. ^ Haddad, Annette. "Westside Estate Agency to add Malibu office", Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 28 February 2007. Retrieved on 12 September 2012.
8. ^ Beale, Lauren. "Billionaire David Geffen sells his Malibu Compound for $85 Million", Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 11 May 2017.
9. ^ Leitereg, Neal. "Maroon 5’s Adam Levine buys Holmby Hills estate for $18 million", Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles,4 August 2017.
10. ^ Beale, Lauren. "Ellen DeGeneres downsizes into 8,500-square-foot Beverly Hills home", Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 20 May 2012. Retrieved on 28 August 2012.
11. ^ Beale, Lauren. "Ryan Seacrest's Hollywood Hills West estate back on the market", Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 26 April 2012. Retrieved on 12 September 2012.
12. ^ Leitereg, Neal. [1]”,
13. ^ Beale, Lauren. "Warren Beatty and Annette Bening list Beverly Crest home", Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 22 July 2012. Retrieved on 28 August 2012.
14. ^ Beale, Lauren. "Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen list Brentwood mega-mansion at $50 million"
15. ^ Beale, Lauren. "Ellen DeGeneres sells L.A. trophy home to Sean Parker for $55 million"
16. ^ Beale, Lauren. "Sean Combs spends $40 million for newly built mansion"
17. ^ Beale, Lauren. "Dr. Dre sells view property in Hollywood Hills for $32 million"
18. ^ Chung, Juliet. "The Nation's Most Avid Trophy-Home Buyer? ", Wall Street Journal, New York, 21 October 2011. Retrieved on 28 August 2012.
19. ^ Rus, Mayer. {https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/scott-mitchell-kurt-rappaport-los-angeles-home-article "Real-Estate Maven Kurt Rappaport's Striking Home in Malibu"], Architectural Digest, 14 December 2016.
20. ^ "IMDB"
21. ^ "Inside the TomKat Lair"
22. ^ “The Icon Award”, “Friar’s Club”,
23. ^ [2], “Broadway World”,
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25. ^ Gurnick, Ken. "Baseball royalty feted at 13th annual PBSF dinner", MLB, 14 January 2018.