Fredrik Eklund

 Fredrik Eklund (born April 26 1977) is an Swedish New York-based real estate broker and a Bravo TV reality star, an former IT businessman in his home country of Sweden and the creator of the book The Sell.Eklund had his first American experience as a foreign exchange student from Edina, Minnesota, where the school he attended was Edina High School. After finishing high school, Eklund studied at the Stockholm School of Economics, but never graduated. Eklund worked for Finanstidningen, a financial newspaper. Eklund aged just 23 years old, established an Internet company that employed over 45 people. He later was employed by SEB in Stockholm and London before shifting to New York City. In an interview with Out Magazine, Eklund has stated that during this time, "It was only a one-week period in my life that was accumulation. It was spread over several months so it was just a brief time in my life. It was something that I attempted and then decided I had enough of it." The interviewer Eklund continued speaking.