Office of / Bureau of people / Ryan Serhant
On the OFFICE OF Podcast, episode 35
Ryan Serhant
Founder and CEO of SERHANT.
- Name
- Ryan Serhant
- Occupation
- Founder and CEO of SERHANT.
- Appeared
- Episode 35, Jun 3, 2026
Who is Ryan Serhant?
Ryan Serhant grew up in Topsfield, Massachusetts, studied English literature and theatre at Hamilton College, and moved to New York in 2006 to act. He landed a role on As the World Turns, then joined Nest Seekers International as a broker in 2008.
He spent a decade on Bravo's Million Dollar Listing New York, launched his own brokerage, SERHANT., in September 2020, and now leads Netflix's Owning Manhattan. He has written three books: Sell It Like Serhant, Big Money Energy and Brand It Like Serhant.
On OFFICE OF he goes back to the start: a struggling actor in New York with no money, no connections and no clear plan.
Office of / Department of reputation
Known for
- SERHANT.
- Brokerage he founded in September 2020serhant.com
- Million Dollar Listing New York
- Bravo, 2010 to 2021bravotv.com
- Owning Manhattan
- Netflix, since June 2024netflix.com
- Three books
- Sell It Like Serhant, Big Money Energy, Brand It Like Serhantgo.sellit.com
Office of / Department of takes
Ryan, on the record
As long as you don't die or go to jail, everything else is kind of figureoutable.
Most people have no idea what they're doing. Some people just do it anyway.
Whoever I think I'm gonna be a year from now, be that guy right now, and I will just figure it out.
When everything works out, it's because of the team. When it doesn't work out, it's 'cause of you.
The number one thing you can control is your time. Everything else is out of your control, so why worry about it?
The only way out is through. That is the quote that I go back to time and time again. No one ever got anywhere by going backwards.
It's not ambition, it's responsibility.
It's the worst thing you can bring into any audition is yourself, right? Your ego.