‘Owning Manhattan’ Star Ryan Serhant Reveals His Secret to a Happy Marriage With Wife Emilia

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After starring on Million Dollar Listing New York for 10 years, real estate agent to the stars Ryan Serhant took a giant leap and opened his own firm. Now he’s running the show with 500 employees and billions of dollars on the line.

“The stakes are so much higher,” Ryan, 40, says of branching out. “I look back at Million Dollar Listing, and it was like kindergarten compared to what I deal with now.” His new Netflix series, Owning Manhattan, captures the intensity and the pressure of wheeling and dealing in the Big Apple. “It’s not easy when you’re trying to be No. 1.”

Here, the dad of 5-year-old Zena (mom is his wife of eight years, attorney Emilia Bechrakis) talks to Life & Style’s Fortune Benatar about being the boss, marriage secrets, and the famous face who left him starstruck.

What have you learned since starting your own firm?
RS: I’m now responsible for the livelihoods of hundreds of people. There are a lot of things I can’t control, but there are also a significant amount of things I can control.