Klara Bergman
Real Estate Investor

Klara Bergman
3717 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd.
Westlake Village, CA 91362

Phone: 805-496-8559

Email: klarabergman2@gmail.com


Member:
Real Estate Group

Business & Finance Group

Professional Service:
Commercial Agent

BUSINESS BIO:

Scope of Service Experience:

With over 30 years experience in purchasing, renovating, leasing, marketing, and hands-on management, Klara brings her expertise to managing self storage facilities and shopping centers. She is Managing Partner in a number of shopping centers and Roemer Way Self Storage. Ms. Bergman raised the capital to acquire or fund over 33 shopping centers, 19 apartment buildings; a major master planned community, 5 start-up companies and developed her first self storage facility in Santa Maria, California, which she continues to manage.

Background & Experience:

Ms. Bergman has enjoyed two rewarding careers; 5-1/2 years in Executive Search recruiting and placing sales and marketing candidates for the Fortune 500 companies. Kara’s long list of loyal clients included IBM, ITT, American Hospital Supply, Proctor & Gamble, Baxter Labs to name a few. Ms. Bergman placed over 500 candidates and ranked as one of the top recruiting consultants in the United States.

Klara Bergman is president and owner of The K. Bergman Group, a boutique real estate investment firm located in Thousand Oaks and Santa Maria, California. During her career, she raised approximately $150,000,000 for the acquisition and development of numerous commercial real estate properties and start up companies.

Early in her real estate career she earned “Top Listing and Selling” awards in the State of California and was co-owner of six Century 21 franchises. As a young entrepreneur Klara Bergman bought, sold, and operated apartment buildings. Simultaneously she marketed and sold large residential subdivisions as exclusive broker for Shappel Industries, Ponderosa Homes/Kaiser Aetna Homes and was lead agent, selling land to builders in the Redwood Shores, a waterfront community developed by Mobil Oil Company.

In the late 70’s and early 80’s, Ms. Bergman hosted the popular weekly program, “Investment Tactics for Today” on Channel 22 and 18, and a nightly one-hour call-in radio show on KIEV, now KRLA. Ms. Bergman also hosted The Million Dollar Woman in Northern California. She co-authored a book published by Prentice Hall: How to Invest in Limited Partnerships and self published, “There is No Free Lunch.” Ms. Bergman appeared regularly on news and investment broadcasts on NBC, CBS and ABC, and traveled throughout California to conduct seminars and give speeches to promote the book.

Significant Accomplishments:

  • Raised $150,000,000 in equity to acquire over 30 shopping centers, 19 apartment buildings, numerous subdivisions, and developed a self storage facility
  • Host and co-producer of “Investment Tactics”, one of Southern California’s most popular financial television and radio programs
  • Host of the “Million-Dollar Woman” radio and television show, Northern California
  • Recipient of Century 21 Top Listing and Sales Award for State of California
  • Recruited builders for Mobil Oil during the development of Redwood Shores, Redwood City, California

Affiliations and Designations:

  • Council of Growing Companies - Board Member
  • International Council of Shopping Centers – Member
  • L.A. County Republican Party - Finance Chairperson
  • Lincoln Club of Ventura County - President
  • Building Industry Association of San Mateo County – Board of Directors
  • San Mateo Redevelopment Agency - Advisory Committee Member
  • The International Association of Financial Planners – Board of Directors
  • The Thousand Oaks Philharmonic-Board Member, Donor Chairperson and Director of Marketing
  • Member the Self Storage Association
  • Member California Self Storage Association
  • L.A. Financial Planners, Board Member
  • Board member The Software Council, L.A. Chapter

Awards

  • Outstanding Business Woman - American Business Women’s Association
  • Woman of the Year - Foundation for Home Ownership Education
  • Growing Companies Award – L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Nominated for Outstanding Business Woman of the Year - San Fernando Business Journal, 2009