Emma Hernan, one of the empowered women that stars in Netflix’s reality show Selling Sunset is Emma Hernan. She is a real estate agent at The Oppenheim Group, the show’s featured brokerage. Before she entered the competitive real estate market, she was already a millionaire. Emma Hernan’s net worth is $3 million as of 2022.
Background
Hernan was born July 14, 1991 in Scituate (Boston). Her family owned Yankee Trader Seafood. She decided to start her own business at an early age.
She was a babysitter and the father of her family was an investor. As a teenager, this inspired her to invest as an investor in stocks. She was a young investor, nanny and model.
She began her career in South Shore Plaza. At 16 she was able to model at Paris fashion shows. Emma Leigh & Co was her first company, which sold seafood, spring rolls, and other related products.
Real Estate Career
Emma purchased a house in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles in 2017 with the wealth she had built up at age 19. She was inspired to become an agent by Jason Oppenheim after she met Brett.
She became a licensed real estate agent with The Oppenheim Group in 2018. She specialized in commercial and residential properties in Boston, LA.
She was cast in the Selling Sunset reality series on Netflix. She joined the fourth season and quickly became involved with the main villain Christine Quinn.
Current Business Ventures
Emma Hernan was able to continue her business pursuits even as she became a media and real estate success. Emma Leigh & Co. is where she continues to devote a lot her time.
Beyond Meats was partnered by the food company to create their most popular product, the plant-based empanadas. Emma also purchased a Massachusetts manufacturing plant in Hingham.
Hernan also became an angel investor to finance co-ownership startups. Hernan also invested in cryptocurrency. She still receives modeling gigs from occasion to occasion.
Earnings and Net Worth
According to some reports, Emma earns approximately $500,000 per year from The Oppenheim Group. Each listing that is successfully sold by the agents usually earns them a 3% commission.
Although this is a significant amount, one could argue that she makes a similar or greater income from her personal business ventures. The real estate star is yet to reveal her income from investments and her company. She is worth $3 million.
Personal life
Christine Quinn and Emma Hernan got into trouble when Christine claimed that they had dated Peter Cornell years ago. Emma however, has denied that they were in fact dating the same person, Peter Cornell.
Season five of Selling Sunset featured Micah McDonald, a real-estate developer, flirting with Emma. Although they have a lot in common, it appears that the two do not yet have an official relationship.
