Each Friday, Russ Anderson, the president and CEO of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty and the president of Pacific Sotheby's International Realty writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section of The Wall Street Journal. Below is his letter of March 28, 2025.
FROM THE PRESIDENT'S P.O.V.
I am surrounded by excellence. Every day, I see what the agents of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty do for their clients — and each other. Guide the deal. Remove the obstacles. Calm the nerves.
It is remarkable. And, in 2024, with market challenges galore, they propelled the brokerage to $2.4 billion worth of happy clients, goals met and dreams achieved. That is our 11th consecutive year of multibillion-dollar sales.
No one does it like them. They adapt to every change in the industry, the economy and their clients’ lives. They are the best of the best. And now that 2024’s numbers are finally crunched — it takes a little time in our industry to tally all the figures — we recently celebrated some of that success with our Awards of Excellence celebrations across North Texas.
Here is who took home some top prizes:
Our top residential team, companywide, is the Jobst Randall Group, based in our Turtle Creek office and made up of Ralph Randall, Madeline Jobst, Michael Wong and Cat Kurzner.
Our top ranch-and-land team, companywide, is once again the Burgher-Ray Ranch Group, based in our Dallas/Turtle Creek office. Its members are David Burgher, Harlan Ray, Clay Bebee, Connor Hunt, Davis Walker and Barbara Kurilecz.
Our top individual residential agent, companywide, is Kim Bedwell, in our Southlake office. Our top individual, companywide, in our ranch-and-land office is Tyler Thomas.
There are many more sales awards, and awards for mentorship and philanthropy, too. Come see them all at briggsfreeman.com/top. Behind every award are hard-working assistants, staffers and brokerage leaders — not to mention the finest clients in the world.
Thank you, everyone. We love achieving excellence, together.
Russ Anderson
President and CEO, Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty
President, Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty
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