A man posing in a colorful sport coat.
Robert Rivani has bought and sold more than $750 million in real-estate deals.
  • Mohawked real-estate investor Robert Rivani moved from California to Florida in 2022.
  • Rivani, who dropped out of high school, went on to transact over $750 million in commercial deals.
  • He described a typical day in his life in Miami, from intermittent fasting to trying to never drive.

Robert Rivani got a taste for business flipping shoes as a teenager in his hometown of Los Angeles.

At first, he said, he sold his own Air Jordan and Nike shoes to just afford other shoes, but when business took off, he was making $10,000 a month before he could legally drink. He dropped out of high school in the 11th grade. At 18 years old, Rivani said he was approached to sell his shoe collection for over $150,000 and he took it.