Who is Chelsea Lazkani, Selling Sunset’s newest cast member? Before joining The Oppenheim Group in LA to become a Netflix star, she grew up sharing a bedroom with siblings in a London council flat
- Lazkani may wear designer fashion and sell multimillion-dollar mansions, but her net worth can’t compare to co-stars Christine Quinn and Dancing with the Stars’ Chrishell Stause – yet
- The British-born property mogul met her husband via Tinder and he introduced her to The Oppenheim Group – who he nearly bought Kanye West’s house from
Chelsea Lazkani is the newest agent taking Sunset Boulevard by storm. While she might not have a net worth that matches her Selling Sunset co-stars just yet, she sure has the potential to score brand deals like her BFF Christine Quinn, or even a place on other prime-time shows such as Dancing with the Stars like Chrishell Stause.
Read on for what you need to know about the hit reality TV show’s latest cast member.
Who is Chelsea Lazkani?
Lazkani is 29 years old and was born in London to Nigerian immigrant parents. She has an undergraduate degree in economics and a masters in gas and oil economics. For a time, she worked as a business strategist and solar analyst before her move to Los Angeles in 2015, where she would meet her future husband. She worked as a property agent for Rodeo Realty Inc from 2017 and oversaw sales of properties that totalled US$10 million in just her first year of the job. She then jumped ship to the Oppenheim Group in July 2021.
Her business profile states: “Chelsea is a big believer in the power of positive mindset, crediting her drive, determination, and resilience to challenging periods of her life that she’s been able to overcome and grow stronger from, leading her to become the woman that she is today.”
What about her parents?
Lazkani has proudly spoken about how her mother, Elizabeth Adefioye, inspired her career journey, saying on the show that she’s “one of the most successful black women in corporate America”. And she’s not exaggerating – Elizabeth was named one of the 2019 Most Powerful Women in Corporate America by Black Enterprise and awarded a place in 2021’s Elite 100 Extraordinary Black Women for using her voice to address systemic racism in the workplace.
According to Lazkani’s work biography, her mother forged a “boundary-breaking career as chief people officer at Emerson” and “provided Chelsea with both the inspiration for what could be possible for her own life but also afforded her the opportunity to travel and see the world, solidifying her love for design, culture and people”.
Her father, Segun Adefioye, an accomplished architect and developer, inspired her love for property, according to her bio.
But the family wasn’t always well off. Her mother worked in a supermarket and in human resources before she climbed the corporate ladder. Lazkani may now spend her days in multimillion-dollar mansions and live in a luxurious home, but she used to live in a London council flat, where she shared a bedroom with her younger brother Richard, now 24, and sister Oyinda, now 30, while growing up, according to British media.