American real estate investor
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Born | Ariah-Hossein Rastegar (1982-04-06) April 6, 1982 (age 42)
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Occupation | CEO of Rastegar Property Company |
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Ari Rastegar is an American real estate investor and CEO of Rastegar Property Company in Austin, Texas.
Early life and education
Rastegar was born in Austin[1] in 1982 to an Iranian father and German mother.[2] He grew up in Dallas, Texas.[1] He received an undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University[3] and then attended law school at St. Mary’s University.[4]
Career
In 2006, while attending law school, Rastegar began investing in real estate.[4] After graduation, he began working for John Read, an attorney in Dallas.[3] In 2010 he met New York investor Anthony Orso, who moved Rastegar to New York and funded his event hosting venture, Capital A Entertainment.[3] He began investing in properties in the Austin area in 2012.[2]
Rastegar returned to Texas in 2015 and founded Rastegar Capital,[3] a private real estate investment firm headquartered in Austin. He is also the company's CEO.[4] (Rastegar Capital rebranded as Rastegar Equity Partners in 2018,[3] and later as Rastegar Property Company.[4]) By January 2017, Rastegar's firm had $500 million in assets under management.[3] As part of his work with the company, Rastegar led planning to construct the world's tallest living wall, announced in April 2020 as part of a development at 1899 McKinney in Dallas.[5][1] He invests across commercial real estate product types.[3]
Rastegar authored the book The Gift of Failure, published in July 2022.[2]
Personal life
Rastegar is married to Kellie Rastegar. He has three children.[2] He identifies as a biohacker.[6] He takes roughly 150 vitamins and supplements each day,[2] sleeps on a temperature-regulated bed,[7] and routinely uses hyperbaric chambers and infrared light beds with the goal of maximizing his productivity.[8]
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