Fredrik Eklund was born on April 26,1977 and is a Swedish real estate broker, former IT entrepreneur, reality television star, and author.
14 Facts About Fredrik Eklund
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Fredrik Eklund is best known for starring in the Bravo reality series, Million Dollar Listing New York for all of its nine seasons.
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In 2015, Eklund released his book The Sell: The Secrets of Selling Anything to Anyone, which made The New York Times Best Seller list.
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Fredrik Eklund had his first American experience as a foreign exchange student in Edina, Minnesota, where he attended Edina High School.
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At the age of 23, Fredrik Eklund founded an Internet company with over 45 employees, and went on to work for the investment bank SEB in Stockholm, London, Singapore, and Tokyo before beginning his work in New York City.
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In 2004, before arriving in New York City, Fredrik Eklund acted in a number of pornographic films under the pseudonym Tag Eriksson.
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Fredrik Eklund has closed over five billion dollars in residential real estate.
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Fredrik Eklund became managing director at the New York City real estate firm CORE Group Marketing and in 2010, alongside his business partner John Gomes, managing director at Prudential Douglas Elliman, the largest real estate brokerage on the East Coast.
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Fredrik Eklund is the founder of Fredrik Eklund Stockholm New York, Scandinavia's most high-end residential real estate brokerage with 50 employees and $1 billion in closed sales in 2014.
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Fredrik Eklund is an active member of the Real Estate Board of New York.
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Fredrik Eklund co-founded Douglas Elliman's Eklund Gomes Team with John Gomes.
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Fredrik Eklund is one of five New York City brokers starring in Bravo's Million Dollar Listing New York.
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On January 24,2022, Fredrik Eklund announced his departure from the Million Dollar Listing franchise.
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On February 9,2013, Fredrik Eklund married artist Derek Kaplan, who is originally from Zimbabwe, on Little Palm Island in the Florida Keys.