People: Eric Paulsen earns promotion at Kidder Mathews

Kidder Mathews has promoted Eric Paulsen to president of brokerage, where he will lead more than 500 brokers across the firm’s 19 locations in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada and Arizona.

Paulsen, a 35-year industry veteran, has been a driving force behind Kidder Mathews’ growth and expansion.

Since joining the company in 2021 as regional president of brokerage in Southern California and Arizona, he has recruited nearly 50 brokers, resulting in $7.3 billion in volume and more than 4,600 successful transactions.

Prior to Kidder Mathews, Paulsen served as CEO of Topside Real Estate in Newport Beach and managing principal at Cushman & Wakefield’s Orange County and Inland Empire offices.

He held leadership positions at Ten-X Commercial as well as LNR Property Corp., where he played a significant role in the acquisition of major development deals and the underwriting and acquisition of several billion dollars of CMBS positions.

Over the course of his career, he has closed nearly $10 billion in assets across the country in every product type. Before moving into leadership, Paulsen was an investment broker at CBRE for over a decade.

Paulsen is a well-known and active member of the business community, regularly sharing his expertise on commercial real estate panels and currently serving as president of the 1,300-member Southern California Chapter of NAIOP.

In recognition of his influential role in the industry, the LA Times named him a 2024 Commercial Real Estate Visionary.