Ramtin Naimi

I have two incredibly close mentors, one who introduced the two of us, Michael Ovitz, and then another guy named Stuart Peterson.

Both of them have world-class art collections.

Michael has a storied art collection.

I'm sure you've seen it.

But I spent a lot of time at their houses over the years.

And every time I went, I tried to learn a little bit more about what was in their house.

They could both spend two, three hours walking you around their home and talking about what they have and how they got it and the story behind it, the history behind it, the significance of it.

I always just thought that was really interesting.

And I never really had much time for hobbies.

And it was one that I thought my wife and I could enjoy together.

I needed to find the golf.

I thought golf was a little one-sided.

So for me, art collecting seemed like it could be golf for both me and my wife.

So then I just started dabbling in understanding the markets.

And then I realized nothing in Michael's collection is attainable.

So kind of scratched most of those artists off my list.

And then I looked at Stuart's collection.

Most of it was unattainable.

Some of it was artists who were still somewhat attainable.

And then I worked with an advisor briefly just so I can familiarize myself with the market.