Matt Beall

Founder & CEO, Hawai‘i Life | Host, Worthshop

Matt Beall is CEO of Hawai‘i Life, where he has guided the company from its roots on Kaua‘i to become Hawai‘i’s leading residential brokerage in luxury sales volume and listings. Today the firm generates more than two billion dollars in annual sales, supported by nearly 300 brokers and agents across 22 offices. Many also know Hawai‘i Life through its long-running HGTV series, which introduced the company’s work to a national audience of more than 22 million viewers per episode. Matt has been recognized as a “Power Leader of Hawai‘i” by Pacific Business News and multiple times among Inman’s “Top 100 Most Influential Leaders in Real Estate.” He also serves as a co-founding member and Chair of Forbes Global Properties and has brought his leadership to the boards of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation and the Hawai‘i Land Trust.

In 2011, Matt and a group of peers launched Worthshop, part industry gathering, part cultural exchange, part creative experiment. Conceived as an alternative to conventional real estate conferences, it filled a gap the industry desperately needed. Held in Hawai‘i, where we are rooted, the setting itself shapes the experience, opening space for deeper conversations. Worthshop was designed to stretch thinking, bring in new voices, and keep the work of real estate connected to place, people, and big ideas. Over the years, it has become a stage where agents, entrepreneurs, and creators come together to spark conversations that reach far beyond Hawai‘i.

Now in its ninth iteration, Worthshop carries forward the ethos that our work is more than transactions; it is about meaning, culture, and community. As host and producer, Matt shapes the event as both a stage and a gathering place, keeping conversations rooted in truth while pushing us to explore new terrain. At Worthshop 9, the theme of GROUND reminds us that everything we build in this business must stand on something real.

Worthshop has grown beyond any one person or even the team that produces it. It now moves on its own momentum, shaped by the voices in the room and the energy they create together. You may or may not see Matt on stage. More likely, you’ll find him in the crowd, taking it in and smiling at the sparks as they fly just like you.

L I N K S:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hawaiilife

https://www.hawaiilife.com/mattbeall