Jason Oppenheim is a famous TV personality, most recognized for his role on the popular Netflix show Selling Sunset. He is the founder and President of The Oppenheim Group, a prestigious real estate brokerage. His Instagram account, featuring content related to real estate and his personal life, has attracted over 1.5 million followers.
Early Life
Jason Oppenheim was born in Palo Alto, California on April 12, 1977. His great-great-grandfather, Jacob Stern, established The Stern Realty Co. in Los Angeles in 1889. The business eventually evolved into The Oppenheim Group, which has a legacy of five generations in providing real estate development, management, and brokerage services in Los Angeles.
Jason is the son of Deborah and Bennett Oppenheim, both of whom are Jewish. Following their separation, Deborah took on the responsibility of raising Jason and his twin sibling, Brett, as a single parent.
Jason Oppenheim’s Career
Between 2003 and 2007, Jason Oppenheim worked as a lawyer at the Los Angeles office of O’Melveny & Myers, a global legal firm, where he specialized in serving corporate clients. During his tenure at O’Melveny & Myers, Oppenheim acted as the legal representative for the ex-CEO of Enron in a high-stakes civil class action case worth billions of dollars, as well as in the criminal trial related to Enron’s actions.
Jason Oppenheim’s legal career gained recognition in prominent publications like “The American Lawyer” and the “Los Angeles Times.” However, he eventually shifted gears and joined his family’s real estate business.
He started off at Coldwell Banker and soon made a name for himself as a top real estate agent in the country. Three years later, he founded his own brokerage, The Oppenheim Group, in West Hollywood.
Some of Jason Oppenheim’s notable customers have been famous individuals like Orlando Bloom, Jessica Alba, Taye Diggs, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Dakota Johnson.
He has received recognition for his work, including being recognized as the top real estate agent in the US by the International Property Awards and named as one of the leading real estate agents in Los Angeles by both “Variety” and “The Hollywood Reporter.”
The Oppenheim Group’s Netflix reality show, “Selling Sunset,” premiered in 2019 and showcases the brokers as they cater to wealthy clients in Los Angeles.
The show was recently renewed for both its sixth and seventh seasons in June 2022 and has been recognized with Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program in both 2021 and 2022.
In 2022, “Selling Sunset” received an MTV Movie + TV Award for Best Docu-Reality Show. Additionally, in 2021, Jason established a second Oppenheim Group location in Newport Beach, California. The Orange County branch also had its own spin-off called “Selling the OC” in May 2022.
Personal Life
In the summer of 2021, Jason Oppenheim announced that he and “Selling Sunset” colleague Chrishell Stause were in a relationship, stating to “US Weekly” that they were very content.
However, by December 2021, Oppenheim and Stause had ended their relationship. Before this, Chrishell had been married to actor Justin Hartley, famous for his role as Kevin Pearson on the NBC show “This Is Us.”
Jason was seen in Greece with model Marie-Lou Nurk in July 2022, and the two officially appeared together on the red carpet as a couple for the first time at the premiere of the Netflix movie “Day Shift” the next month.
In an Instagram Story posted in May 2023, Jason announced that he and Marie-Lou had ended their 10-month relationship.
Net Worth
Jason Oppenheim is an American professional in the real estate industry, as well as a lawyer and a TV personality. His estimated net worth is $50 million. He gained widespread recognition through his appearance on the popular Netflix show “Selling Sunset” (2019–present) with his twin sibling, Brett.
