Fredrik Eklund

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Fredrik Eklund (born April 26, 1977 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a New York City real estate broker, a Bravo TV reality star, a former Information technology (IT) entrepreneur in his native Sweden, a former gay porn actor (under the pseudonym Tag Eriksson, also written Tag Ericsson) and a novelist.[1]

Biography

Family

Eklund is the brother of author Sigge Eklund and the son of Klas Eklund, who is a senior economist at Swedish bank SEB.[2] His paternal granddparents were Swedish-Danish-Irish-Russian actors Bengt Eklund and Fylgia Zadig.[3][4]

Early career

Fredrik had his first American experience as a foreign exchange student in Edina, MN. After having finished high school, Eklund studied at the Stockholm School of Economics, but never graduated.[5] He has also worked for the financial newspaper Finanstidningen. At the age of 23, Eklund was the CEO of a company with 45 employees.[3]

Acting

Before leaving Sweden for New York City in 2002, Eklund entered a career in gay pornographic film under the pseudonym Tag Eriksson (or Tag Ericsson). He starred in the porn comedy movie The Hole (2003) (a parody of The Ring),[2][6] and for this role won a GayVN award for "Best Solo Scene." He claims his background in acting has not affected his career negatively.[7]

Real estate

Fredrik has closed over two billion dollars in residential real estate. In New York City Eklund became Managing Director at the New York City real estate firm CORE Group Marketing and in 2010 Managing Director at Prudential Douglas Elliman alongside his business partner John Gomes, the largest real estate brokerage on the East Coast. In February 2008 he sold an apartment to Cameron Diaz.,[8] in August 2009 to John Legend[9] and in July 2010 to Daniel Craig.[10]

Fredrik is the founder of "Eklund Stockholm New York" , with three offices in Sweden. The New York Times featured Fredrik on the front page of The Sunday Style Section in November 2010, announcing he will be shooting a reality TV show for Bravo.[2]

He is currently one of three New York City brokers starring in Bravo's Million Dollar Listing New York currently filming season 3.[11]

Selected filmography

  • Million Dollar Listing New York for Bravo, Season 1, 2012
  • Million Dollar Listing New York for Bravo, Season 2, 2013
  • The Hole, 2003
  • American Porn Star, 2003
  • Training Camp 1, 2003

See also

References

  1. ↑ Svensk VD blir porrskådis i USA, Aftonbladet, February 2003, accessed May 2008 (Swedish)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Widdicombe, Ben (2010-11-14). "From Pornography to Real Estate Mogul". New York Times. p. ST1. Retrieved 2010-11-18. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 En porrfilmstjärnas bekännelser, Svensk Bokhandel, October 2004, Fredrik Eklund, accessed May 2008, (Swedish)
  4. ↑ Direktören blev porrskådis - ger ut bok om karriärbytet, Dagens Nyheter, June 2004, Bernt Hermele, accessed May 2008 (Swedish)
  5. ↑ "Million Dollar Man: Fredrik Eklund", http://www.vicinomagazine.com/stockholm/million-dollar-man-fredrik-eklund/, retrieved 2013-02-27
  6. ↑ When You Need More Than Porn (It Happens), Gary Kramer, November 10, 2005, San Francisco Bay Times
  7. ↑ "Interview: Fredrik Eklund", http://www.out.com/entertainment/2012/03/08/interview-fredrik-eklund, retrieved 2013-02-27
  8. ↑ PageSix.com
  9. ↑ Chung, Juliet (August 7, 2009). "John Legend Agrees to Buy East Village Apartment". The Wall Street Journal. 
  10. ↑ "Jag är besatt av New York", http://www.aftonbladet.se/resa/resmal/nordamerika/usa/newyork/article12594133.ab, retrieved 2013-02-27
  11. ↑

12 http://www.getnetworth.com/fredrik-eklund-net-worth/

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