Fredrik Eklund was born on 26th April 1977, in Stockholm, Sweden. He is a controversial personality who is known as a pornographic actor, novelist, reality star as well as IT entrepreneur and real estate broker in New York City. All the above mentioned engagements and occupations have added sums to the overall amount of his net worth.
Is Fredrik Eklund rich? Currently, it is reported that his net worth is as much as $30 million, accumulated from all the aforementioned activities.
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Fredrik Eklund Net Worth $30 Million
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Fredrik is the grandson of well known actors Fylgia Zadig and Bengt Eklund. His father, Klas Eklund, works as a senior economist at Swedish bank SEB, and his brother Sigge Eklund is a famous Swedish author. Eklund was raised in Stockholm, Sweden, but he experienced American life as an exchange high school student. When Fredrik graduated from high school, he entered Stockholm School of Economics though he never completed the studies. Meanwhile, he worked at Finanstidningen, the popular Swedish financial newspaper. Later, he started his own Internet Company “Humanity”, employing more than 45 people. Before moving to USA he also worked for the investment bank SEB in such cities as Tokyo, Singapore, London and Stockholm.
Another thing he did before moving to USA was acting in gay porno films, under the name Tag Eriksson. He claims that it was just a very short period of his life until he realised that it was not his path. In addition to this, he took part in the erotic parody film entitled “The Hole”.
When Fredrik moved to New York City, he became involved in the real estate business, in which he has closed deals worth over $2 billion. Among his famous and rich clients are actress and producer Cameron Diaz, actor and singer John Legend, actor Daniel Craig and others. CORE Group Marketing, the real estate firm employed him as a Managing Director in 2010, and Eklund Stockholm New York, the brokerage firm of real estate was founded by Eklund in 2013. The Real Estate Board of New York unifies more than 16,000 real estate agents who work in the city of New York, and Eklund owns an active membership of the above mention board. It should be noted that real estate is one of the most important sources of Fredrik Eklund’s net worth.
In addition to this, Fredrik takes part in the reality television series “Million Dollar Listing New York” (2012 – present). The series focuses on the lives of several real estate agents who work in New York City. He has been in the main cast alongside Ryan Serhant for all four seasons. Michael Lorber took part in the first season and Luis D. Ortiz has participated in the reality show from the second season till present.
Finally, the personal life of this rich businessman is always discussed in public. He is gay and openly admits that. More, he married actor Derek Kaplan in 2013. The latest news is that the couple is expecting a baby which is going to be born with the help of surrogacy.
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