Yura Figel (also known as Yuriy Figel) is a real estate broker with eXp Realty. Focused on an advisory approach and a high-quality client experience, Yura leads FIGÉL Group, providing strategic guidance and careful execution for buyers and sellers throughout Chicago’s Northwest suburbs. Official real estate website: FIGÉL (figel.re).
Yura operates within the eXp Luxury platform, supported by cutting-edge technology, white-glove service, world-class marketing, and global exposure to deliver an elevated luxury real estate experience.
Yura Figel is a founding member of eXp Sports & Entertainment, a specialized division created to serve professional athletes, performers, musicians, media personalities, and other high-profile clients who require discretion, strategic representation, and elevated service—often in connection with private and off-market transactions.
In addition to client work, Yura builds partnerships and mentorship opportunities within the real estate industry.
Prior to dedicating his efforts to real estate full-time, Yura founded and co-founded businesses and brands in digital marketing, multimedia, event production, retail, and business services. He brings more than 20 years of leadership experience with international expertise in business development, strategic planning, marketing and advertising, branding, intellectual property, cross-cultural negotiations, and fundraising.
Yura Figel serves on the Council of Chairs of Chicago Sister Cities International, an initiative of World Business Chicago, focused on driving economic growth and promoting Chicago as a leading global city through citizen diplomacy and official relationships with a total of 28 cities in almost every region of the world.
Yura Figel served as a committee member for the North Shore-Barrington Association of REALTORS® (NSBAR), which empowers real estate professionals throughout the North Shore and Barrington marketplaces with education, technology, and local market insights.
An immigrant from Ukraine whose great-grandmother was born in the United States, Yura has a deep connection to both countries. He promotes Ukrainian cultural heritage and supports the Ukrainian-American community in Chicago. He has played leadership roles in several nonprofit and charitable initiatives and has served on the boards of organizations including the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art in Chicago.
Yura earned his Master’s degree in International Relations and Political Science from Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, a top school in Ukraine, where he established life-long friendships in the nation’s capital. He later earned his Executive MBA from Loyola University Chicago, further shaping the values-based servant leadership approach to business. This philosophy is reflected in the motto of his investment company, Inveniens Equilibria, representing commitment to discovering, creating, and executing on opportunities with an optimal alignment of interests.
Fluent in English and Ukrainian, Yura speaks Russian and is familiar with Polish. He is driven by a mission to create abundance for his family and those around him while making a meaningful, positive impact in the world.
Yura lives in Barrington, Illinois, with his wife Natalia and their two sons.
