Carissa Véliz
Associate Professor, Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI | Bestselling Author, Privacy Is Power | Herbert A. Simon Award Winner | Board Member, Proton Foundation | Privacy Philosopher
Ryan Serhant
Founder & CEO, SERHANT. | Star of Netflix's Owning Manhattan | Bestselling Author: Sell It Like Serhant | $20B+ in Lifetime Real Estate Sales
Ryan Serhant turned $9,000 in first-year earnings into a $20 billion sales career and one of the fastest-growing brokerages in America. As founder and CEO of SERHANT., star of Netflix's Owning Manhattan, and author of three sales bestsellers, he gives corporate audiences the frameworks, mindset, and relentless energy to sell more, build bolder brands, and expand without limits.
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Ryan Serhant biography
Ryan Serhant entered the real estate business on September 15, 2008 — the same day Lehman Brothers collapsed — earning just $9,000 in his first year. Today, he is one of the most recognized names in global real estate, a three-time bestselling author, Netflix star, and the founder and CEO of SERHANT., a vertically integrated brokerage that has redefined what a modern real estate company can be. His career arc — from broke hand model to billion-dollar broker to media and technology entrepreneur — is the foundation of a speaking message that resonates far beyond the real estate world.
Sales speaker Ryan Serhant is best known for building SERHANT. from a pandemic-era startup into a national powerhouse with over 1,100 agents across more than a dozen states, generating over $5.3 billion in closed sales volume as of 2025. The firm operates as a full media and technology company at its core — featuring an in-house film studio, an AI workflow platform called S.MPLE (backed by a $45 million funding round), and a digital education arm with tens of thousands of enrolled professionals. In early 2025, SERHANT. crossed $1 billion in closed and in-contract sales within its first 35 days of the year. Serhant’s largest single transaction reached nearly $200 million, and his lifetime sales volume exceeds $20 billion.
His breakout into popular culture came through Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing: New York, where he starred for over a decade. He later headlined the Netflix series Owning Manhattan, which premiered in June 2024 to worldwide critical acclaim and returned for a highly anticipated Season 2 in December 2025. Beyond television, Serhant has authored three national bestselling books: Sell It Like Serhant (USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and Wall Street Journal bestseller), Big Money Energy, and Brand It Like Serhant — a trilogy that together form a complete framework for sales mastery, personal brand building, and entrepreneurial success.
Brokerage 3.0: Media, Technology, and the Future of Sales
What makes Serhant’s story uniquely relevant to senior business audiences is not just the volume of deals he has closed — it is the company architecture he built around them. SERHANT. was conceived from day one as a media company that sells real estate, not the other way around. That strategic inversion — leading with content, brand, and technology rather than transaction volume — has produced one of the fastest-growing brokerages in US history and a model that executives in virtually every industry are studying.
As a speaker, Ryan Serhant commands rooms with the same intensity that built his empire. He speaks on sales performance, personal branding, entrepreneurship, and the mindset required to grow aggressively in any market condition. Audiences of sales teams, corporate leaders, and entrepreneurs leave with actionable frameworks drawn directly from his experience scaling a business to more than a billion dollars a year — and the conviction that expansion, in all forms, is always possible.
Ryan Serhant Speaking Videos
The Greatest Motivational Sales Keynote Ever by Ryan Serhant
Ryan Serhant’s 3 Steps to be Successful in Real Estate (Motivational Keynote)
Ryan Serhant Keynote Topics
Ryan Serhant made $9,000 in his first year in real estate. He now closes more in a month than most brokers do in a decade. In this signature keynote, he breaks down the exact sales system — built and battle-tested across thousands of deals — that took him from rookie to record-breaker. From the seven stages of selling and the art of the follow-up to managing multiple deals simultaneously and closing with confidence, audiences leave with a concrete, immediately deployable playbook for driving more revenue in any market.
In today's marketplace, your brand is your most valuable business asset — and most professionals are leaving it to chance. Drawing from his bestselling book and the real-world experience of building the world's most-followed real estate brand, Serhant reveals his three-step framework for crafting a brand that attracts clients, commands premium fees, and works around the clock. This session is essential for sales teams, executives, and entrepreneurs who understand that visibility drives revenue.
Before Ryan Serhant sold a single luxury apartment, he had to change the one thing within his control: his energy. In this high-voltage keynote, he unpacks the philosophy behind Big Money Energy — the self-confidence, commitment, and forward-momentum mindset that defines every high achiever he has ever worked with or studied. Audiences learn practical techniques to project authority, silence self-doubt, and operate with the conviction that their biggest goals are not just possible but inevitable.
When Serhant founded SERHANT. in the middle of a global pandemic, he made one unconventional bet: that content, media, and technology would be more powerful growth drivers than traditional sales tactics. That bet produced one of the fastest-scaling brokerages in US history. In this forward-looking keynote for business leaders and entrepreneurs, Serhant explores the strategic logic behind building a brand-driven, media-first organization — and why the companies that embrace this model will dominate their industries in the decade ahead.
FAQs on Booking Ryan Serhant
Why Ryan Serhant?
Booking Ryan Serhant means bringing one of the most compelling entrepreneurial success stories of the last decade directly to your audience. He didn't inherit a real estate empire — he built one from scratch, starting with $9,000 in earnings in his first year and scaling to over $20 billion in lifetime sales and a nationally expanding brokerage with more than 1,100 agents. As a three-time bestselling author, Netflix star, and CEO of a media-and-technology-powered brokerage, Serhant speaks with rare authority on sales, brand building, entrepreneurship, and the mindset of sustained expansion. His sessions are not motivational in the abstract — they are grounded in concrete systems, frameworks, and decisions that built a real company at scale. For organizations looking to energize their sales force, inspire their leadership team, or challenge their people to think differently about growth, Serhant is one of the highest-impact bookings available today. Contact Aurum Speakers Bureau to discuss availability.
What is SERHANT. and how did Ryan Serhant build it?
SERHANT. is a next-generation real estate brokerage founded by Ryan Serhant in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than replicating the traditional brokerage model, Serhant built the company as a media and technology company first — pairing an in-house film studio (SERHANT. Studios) with a proprietary AI workflow platform (S.MPLE), a digital education arm (Sell It), and a full marketing services division. The result is what Serhant calls "Brokerage 3.0." In five years, the firm has grown from fewer than 100 agents to over 1,100 across more than a dozen US states, has closed over $5.3 billion in sales volume, and expanded to California in 2026. S.MPLE raised $45 million in December 2024 to accelerate its AI development.
What is Owning Manhattan on Netflix?
Owning Manhattan is Ryan Serhant's Netflix docuseries following the SERHANT. team as they navigate major luxury real estate deals and the competitive New York City market. The show premiered in June 2024 and was an immediate global hit, earning widespread critical acclaim and introducing Serhant's business philosophy to an international audience. A highly anticipated Season 2 launched in December 2025, continuing to document SERHANT.'s expansion and the deals, personalities, and strategies that define the firm. The series has significantly amplified Serhant's global profile and cemented his position as the world's most-followed real estate broker.
What topics does sales speaker Ryan Serhant cover in his keynotes?
Ryan Serhant speaks on mastering the art of sales and closing at scale, building a personal brand that drives business, entrepreneurship and the mindset of relentless expansion, leveraging media and content as a growth strategy, and leading high-performance sales teams. His sessions are particularly impactful for sales conferences, financial services events, real estate industry gatherings, entrepreneurship summits, and corporate leadership events seeking a speaker who combines TV-caliber stage presence with hard-won business credibility. Reach out to Aurum Speakers Bureau to explore how Ryan's keynotes can be tailored to your event.
How to book Ryan Serhant as a keynote speaker?
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