Aaron Kirman

Last updated
Aaron Kirman
Aaron Kirman, June 2019.jpg
Born(1978-09-24)September 24, 1978
Encino, California, U.S.
Education University of Southern California
OccupationReal estate agent
Known forContributor to Secret Lives of the Super Rich

Aaron Kirman is a Los Angeles-based real estate agent and investor who appears regularly on CNBC's Secret Lives of the Super Rich and stars on CNBC's real estate reality series Listing Impossible. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Early life

Kirman grew up in Encino, California. His father was in trucking and his mother was a teacher. [2] He attended the University of Southern California, and graduated with a degree in business and communications. [2] [4]

Real estate

At age 19, while in college at the University of Southern California, Kirman began doing his first real estate deals. [4]

Since then, Kirman was executive director of the architectural division at real estate brokerage, Hilton & Hyland, then moved on to his position at the John Aaroe Group. [4] As of 2018, he is president of Pacific Union Luxury Estates Division. [5] [6] In 2019 he was named Compass' president of international estates and added properties in Orange County, Northern California and Italy to his listings. [7] [8] [9] [10] In 2022, Aaron became the Founder and CEO of his own brokerage, Christie's International Real Estate Southern California. [11]

Kirman also stars in the CNBC reality show, Listing Impossible. The program centers around Kirman and his associates selling multi-million dollar homes and estates. [3] [12] [13]

Kirman averages $300 million to $400 million in home sales, has roughly $19 billion [14] in lifetime home sales and is president of Aaroe Estates, the luxury property division of the John Aaroe Group. In 2018, the John Aaroe Group, with International and Partners Trust were rebranded as Pacific Union International (acquired by real estate technology company Compass); Kirman was named president of Pacific Union Luxury Estates Division and was named Compass' president of international estates. [5] [6] [15] [16]

In 2022, Kirman sold "The One" which was once America's most expensive home for $126 million. [17] Also, in 2022, sold George Ruan's, Los Angeles mansion for around $112 million—one of the biggest deals to ever close in L.A. [18]

In 2024, Kirman argued that Beverly Hills, an extremely affluent neighborhood characterized by lavish mansions, does not have sufficient land for affordable housing. [19] He was also involved in 2 of the 7 deals over $100M in 2024 in LA. [20]

References

  1. ↑ de Moraes, Lisa (29 January 2019). "CNBC Pitches Series About 1%ers Having Trouble Selling Homes – TCA". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 Smith, Noah (23 April 2016). "Meet the $3. Billion Realtor Who Couldn't Pronounce His Own Name". Fortune. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 Wollard, Deidre (26 February 2020). "Talking Real Estate Investing With Listing Impossible Star Aaron Kirman". fool.com. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 Clarke, Katherine (7 July 2016). "Power broker Aaron Kirman on cracking the business, foreign capital and the 'schizophrenic' LA market". The Real Deal. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  5. 1 2 Hoberman, Natalie (22 May 2018). "Aaron Kirman's growing team to take over Pacific Union office in BH". The Real Deal . Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Aaron Kirman: LA 500". Los Angeles Business Journal. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  7. ↑ Clarke, Katherine (9 May 2019). "Tuscan-Style Compound Becomes Napa's Priciest Property". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  8. ↑ Clarke, Katherine (11 July 2019). "Laguna Beach Home With Secluded Swimming Cove Asks $35 Million". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  9. ↑ Clarke, Katherine (8 August 2019). "This Tuscan Villa Comes With 40 Rooms and a $60 Million Price Tag". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  10. ↑ Taylor, Joshua (25 January 2017). "Mega-rich Brit expats put their Californian mansion on the market for £26.3m - including a vineyard, 80ft pool and helipad". The Daily Mirror. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  11. ↑ Meares, Hadley (6 December 2022). "Why Top L.A. Real Estate Agents Are Striking Out to Form New Brokerages". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  12. ↑ Lynch, Dennis (30 January 2019). "Aaron Kirman's "Listing Impossible" is LA's latest real estate reality TV show". therealdeal.com. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  13. ↑ "CNBC PRIME ANNOUNCES BIGGEST SUMMER SLATE YET". CNBC.com. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  14. ↑ "Q+A: Kirman Talks Running a Brokerage". Los Angeles Business Journal. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  15. ↑ "It's Official: Pacific Union To Join Compass". Real Trends. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  16. ↑ Elkins, Kathleen (17 January 2020). "LA's top real estate agent says this is the biggest misconception about the job". CNBC . Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  17. ↑ "America's Most Expensive Home Finally Sells for $126 Million at Auction". House Beautiful. 7 March 2022.
  18. ↑ "A Massive Bel-Air Mansion Sells for Around $112 Million". www.mansionglobal.com. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  19. ↑ Dolak, Kevin (2024-02-15). "Beverly Hills in Crisis as Judge Mandates New Affordable Housing: "People Are Furious"". The Hollywood Reporter.
  20. ↑ "LA's record-breaking year for high-end home sales". The Real Deal. 30 December 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.