Superstar L.A. agent Tomer Fridman has taken his team to Aaron Kirman’s Christie’s International Real Estate Southern California.
Fridman announced the news on social media Wednesday, putting an end to questions of where the luxury agent would take his business following his abrupt departure from Compass last Friday. He joins Christie’s International Real Estate Southern California as executive director of private wealth and luxury estates. He and his team with bring about $1 billion in listings to their new agency.
The Beverly Hills-based brokerage is helmed by CEO Aaron Kirman, who launched the business in 2022. Fridman joins a brokerage that also includes other high-profile agents, including Cindy Ambuehl, Shelton Wilder, Timothy Prizito and Dalton Gomez.
Fridman’s team, The Fridman Group International, adds 12 people to the brokerage. That includes his mother Isidora Fridman, who is also the founding partner of Israel Sotheby’s International Realty.
Fridman declined to comment further on his move through a Christie’s International Real Estate Southern California spokesperson.
But in his social media announcement, he cited his new brokerage’s global brand and international reach, giving “clients an elevated experience tailored to their evolving needs.”
“I am grateful to Compass for the remarkable journey we’ve had together that allowed my brand to grow from Calabasas and Hidden Hills to Beverly Hills and the Platinum Triangle,” Fridman said in his post. “Those years laid a strong foundation, and I am proud of everything we accomplished.”
Fridman went on to say he had been considering the move “for some time.”
He also shared that he and Compass agent Sally Forster Jones would continue “our very successful collaboration with even broader reach and influence.”
Fridman and Forster Jones began building a mega team this year, merging their respective groups in April to form Jones Fridman International. They added the seven-person Straser Silicon Valley team in June to expand into Northern California luxury markets such as Atherton, Palo Alto and Menlo Park. At the time, Jones Fridman counted 45 agents with $25 billion in sales.
At the time of the Straser merger, Fridman and Forster Jones told The Real Deal that they were also looking at markets such as New York, Miami, Nashville, Montecito, Aspen and Orange County for expansion.
An abrupt shakeup of their group occurred Friday when Parker Beatty, Compass regional vice president of Southern California and Hawaii, announced to staff and agents Fridman’s departure from the firm. The split was effective immediately, according to the email announcement reviewed by TRD.
Compass declined comment Monday on Fridman’s departure. Forster Jones did not return a call seeking comment.
Fridman made a name for himself in L.A.’s luxury market with a high-profile client roster that has included Khloe Kardashian, boxer Sugar Ray Leonard, former BCBGMaxAzria Group chief creative officer Lubov Azria, Sylvester Stallone and Pamela Anderson.
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