Rod Watson is an Ample Voice in Black Luxury Real Estate

Representation, or lack thereof, is a buzzword that’s floated throughout social circles recently, especially since America’s reckoning in 2020. But, at its core, it truly is powerful. If you can’t see it, you can’t be it.

Rod Watson (04) believes the luxury real estate industry is no different. With the company he co-founded, Aston Rose — a new luxury real estate brokerage based in Beverly Hills — he plans to be the change he wants to see in the real estate world. 

“I didn’t even know what a realtor was when I was in college,” Watson said. After starring on the basketball team at San Diego Christian College from 1996 to 2001, he played pro ball overseas and coached under Art Wilmore while earning his Master’s in Education at PLNU. “I had heard of a real estate agent, but I never paid attention to that career because I didn’t see anybody who looked like me. Like today’s modern athlete, I was fixated on being the next Michael Jordan.”