PAUL KAPLAN

MANAGING DIRECTOR, KW PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING, MIAMI

Kaplan and fellow accountant White teamed up to launch the residential property management company in 2004. KW now boasts more than 1,700 employees and manages more than 90,000 units. In 2021, KW made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies for the second consecutive year; the company ranked 199th in the country.

Kaplan began his career with international accounting and consulting firm Arthur Andersen and served as an auditor with Berkowitz Dick Pollack & Brant. He received his bachelor’s from Tulane University and his MBA from the University of Miami. After their son, Matthew, was diagnosed with Fragile X, he and his wife, Michele, founded the non-profit foundation Families for Fragile X, the most common form of mental impairment.