  We give sharp and explicit upper bounds for the first positive eigenvalue
$\lambda_1(\Box_b)$ of the Kohn-Laplacian on compact strictly pseudoconvex
hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{C}^{n+1}$ in terms of their defining functions. As an
application, we show that in the family of real ellipsoids, $\lambda_1(\Box_b)$
has a unique maximum value at the CR sphere.
