Ari Rastegar
| Ari Rastegar | |
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| Born | |
| 🏡 Residence | Austin, TX |
| 🏫 Education | Texas A&M University (B.A., English Literature); Tecnológico de Monterrey (M.A.) |
| 💼 Occupation | Founder & CEO of Rastegar Capital |
| Notable work | The Gift of Failure (2022) |
| 🌐 Website | https://rastegarcapital.com/ |
Ari Rastegar, full name Ariah-Hossein Rastegar, is a real estate investor and Founder & CEO of Rastegar Capital in Austin.[1][2][3][4][5]
Early Life & Education
Ari Rastegar was raised primarily by his father, an Iranian immigrant. According to Rastegar, his family fled Iran after the 1979 revolution; his grandfather served as the Shah's personal physician, and his grandmother was one of Iran's first female attorneys. Rastegar has said he grew up in Highland Park, one of Texas's wealthiest school districts, and dealt with a severe childhood speech impediment that required years of speech therapy - notable given his current role as a regular cable-news commentator.
Rastegar wrestled competitively through high school on a nationally decorated team. He graduated first in his class in English literature from Texas A&M University and later earned a master's degree from Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico. He is a licensed attorney with a background in corporate litigation.
Founding of Rastegar Capital
Rastegar founded Rastegar Property Company (now Rastegar Capital[6]) in Austin, Texas in 2015 with a $3,500 loan and remains its sole owner. Over the following decade, the firm expanded into a multi-state real estate investment platform, participating in projects across 38 cities, 13 states, and seven asset classes, including apartments, self-storage, master-planned communities, retail, and office.
Institutional backing
The firm sources roughly 65-70% of its capital from institutional limited partners, including public pension funds, insurance companies, and three separate firefighter pension associations. It maintains 10 years of audited financials and uses a third-party fund administrator to manage investor capital. Related Fund Management, the firm behind the Hudson Yards development in New York City, has invested alongside Rastegar Capital on an industrial project the firm built, designed, and leased.
Active project pipeline
According to Rastegar Capital, active developments include INF1NITY Square[7], a 318-acre master-planned community in Kyle, Texas, planned for 1,000 single-family homes and 1,400 apartments alongside retail space; INF1NITY Park, a 600,000-square-foot industrial development that includes facilities supplying components for Tesla's Austin gigafactory; INF1NITY Views, a ground-up office development on East 8th Street in Austin; and INF1NITY Living, the firm's apartment-development arm.
Uptown Dallas and the Starwood Capital partnership
Rastegar has said the firm is negotiating an LOI with one of the largest private real estate investment firms in the country to develop 1899 McKinney, a site in Uptown Dallas immediately adjacent to the Texas Stock Exchange, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley.
The planned project, which is being negotiated with a a preeminent private investment firm, follows one of Dallas's most significant zoning changes in years, which raised the site's height allowance from 20 feet to 400 feet, and would be the tallest building in Uptown Dallas if completed as planned.
The INF1NITY rebrand
In 2022, Rastegar published The Gift of Failure, a Wall Street Journal bestseller. As of 2026, Rastegar Capital is in the process of relaunching under the name INF1NITY, a five-strategy investment platform covering real estate, private credit, technology and venture, private equity, and infrastructure. Rastegar has set a personal goal of becoming a billionaire, a milestone he ties to INF1NITY's institutional-scale ambitions.
Media recognition
Forbes profiled Rastegar in 2021 as the "Oracle of Austin," citing his early, data-driven conviction on the city's growth before it became consensus. Austin Monthly named him the "King of Austin Real Estate"[8] in a 2022 feature. He is a frequent guest commentator on CNBC, Fox Business, and Fox News on real estate and Texas-migration topics, and is credited with coining the nickname "Yall Street" for Dallas's emerging financial district.
Philanthropy
Rastegar and his longtime friend and business partner Major Miller co-founded Assets for Humanity, a philanthropic initiative that works with orphanages on nutrition, meditation, and skills programs. Within INF1NITY Square, the firm has donated an 11-acre site for a public elementary school and set aside 60 acres of green space.
Personal life
Rastegar is divorced, as of 2026, and is a single father of three. He is a longtime practitioner of Transcendental Meditation.
Bibliography
The Gift of Failure (2022) - Wall Street Journal bestseller.
Education
Rastegar attended Richland Community College for a semester, then Blinn Community College before attending Texas A&M.[1][9] He graduated from Texas A&M with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and then attended St. Mary’s University Law School. Once there, he received his Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.) in May 2008.[10][11][12][13]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pignataro, Juliana Rose (2017-01-19). "How To Be Rich Under President Trump: For Young Investors, It's Time To Make Money". International Business Times. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
- ↑ "Opportunity Zones: Beyond the Hype". Wealth Management. 2019-08-15. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ↑ Rastegar, Ari. "Three Core Strategies To Actively Increase Your Rental Property's Value". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ↑ Evans, Candace. "Ari Rastegar, The Dallas Real Estate Underdog". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ↑ Nast, Condé. "The Biohacker Who Takes 150 Pills a Day". GQ. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ↑ https://rastegarcapital.com/
- ↑ https://commercialobserver.com/2024/07/ari-rastegar-seals-32m-construction-loan-launch-texas-master-planned-community/
- ↑ https://www.austinmonthly.com/developer-ari-rastegar-is-now-the-king-of-austin-real-estate/
- ↑ Evans, Candace. "Ari Rastegar, The Dallas Real Estate Underdog". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ↑ "State Bar of Texas | Find A Lawyer | Ariah-Hossein Rastegar". www.texasbar.com. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
- ↑ Rastegar, Ari. "Ari Rastegar, Author at D Magazine". D Magazine. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
- ↑ "Why Ari Rastegar Thinks an Economic Downturn Is Looming". D Magazine. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
- ↑ "Uptown Dallas block sells for new high-rise project". Dallas News. 2019-05-20. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
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