Executives Legend
The color legend to the right illustrates the various backgrounds for the top executives in the residential real estate industry.

Bess Freedman

CEO, 
Brown Harris Stevens
2025 Rank: 44
Freedman helms the country’s 23rd largest brokerage with approximately 2,300 agents doing nearly 8 billion in annual sales. Brown Harris Stevens, which celebrated 150 years in business in 2023, operates as the brokerage wing under parent company Terra Holdings. As CEO since 2018, she oversees over 50 offices across New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Florida. Freedman, who previously practiced law, is an active member of the Real Estate Board of New York Board of Governors.

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