{"id":22718,"date":"2021-07-01T10:59:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T14:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplybuckhead.com\/?p=22718"},"modified":"2021-07-01T16:45:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T20:45:25","slug":"where-are-they-now-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplybuckhead.com\/where-are-they-now-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Are They Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"
A FEW FORMER RISING STARS SHARE WHAT THEY\u2019VE BEEN UP TO.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n Whenever the Simply Buckhead team hears from folks who\u2019ve been bestowed the \u201cRising Stars\u201d title in years past, it\u2019s always interesting to learn about all of the amazing things they\u2019ve accomplished since being featured in the magazine. Here, we catch up with four former profilees who prove that once a Rising Star, always a Rising Star.<\/p>\n <\/a>BONNEAU ANSLEY III<\/strong><\/p>\n When Bonneau Ansley III was featured as a Rising Star in 2017, his brokerage company had only been open about a year and a half, but it had already become the fastest-growing real estate firm in Atlanta. Today, Ansley Real Estate is the top-selling team in the state, and the company has expanded from fewer than 100 agents in one office to approximately 300 in seven offices. And they didn\u2019t let a little thing like the pandemic slow them down. In fact, the firm ended 2020 with a seemingly unheard of 44% increase in sales over the previous year. \u201cWe have been fortunate to have seen dramatic sales growth each of the past four years, culminating with just under $2 billion in sales last year,\u201d Ansley says. Yep, you read that right, $2 billion.<\/p>\n ansleyre.com<\/a><\/p>\n <\/a>TRAE YOUNG<\/strong><\/p>\n The last two years have been a slam dunk for 2019 Rising Star Trae Young. The Atlanta Hawks point guard has racked up a fresh set of achievements, including twice being named the Eastern Conference player of the week and making NBA history by scoring 400 3-pointers in the fewest games ever. And in a game earlier this season, he recorded his 30th career 30-point, 10-assist game, the most ever by a player before turning 23 since the 3-point era (1980). Never one to slack off, Young continued to work out and practice even when the NBA was shut down last year, insisting that that time off the court made his love for the game even stronger. And thanks to his strong play, the Hawks made it to the playoffs this year for the first time since 2017.<\/p>\n nba.com\/hawks<\/a><\/p>\n <\/a>PEIRU KIM<\/strong><\/p>\n A 2017 Rising Star, Peiru Kim has been busy expanding her brand. In addition to opening two new locations of her Sugarcoat nail salon, she has introduced the facial and lash studio All About Face Beauty and debuted a hair salon called Hair Bar by Sugarcoat. Both are next to her original Sugarcoat location on Pharr Road. Plans are in the works for three more Sugarcoat salons over the next couple of years, with one intown location and spots in Dunwoody and Fayetteville. Kim credits her success to \u201cfaith, hope, hard work and determination,\u201d along with an exceptionally loyal customer base.<\/p>\n sugarcoatbeauty.com<\/a><\/p>\n
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