Brent Handler

Partner, Real Estate & Hospitality, Old Tom Capital | Co-Founder, Life Properties International; Exclusive Resorts & Inspirato

Englewood, Colorado, United States

About

Brent Handler is a real estate and hospitality partner at Old Tom Capital, a leading investment platform focused on golf, hospitality, and destination real estate. He is also a co-founder and partner at Life Properties International, a real estate development and operating company specializing in exceptional private club communities. A lifelong entrepreneur, Brent has spent his career pioneering new models in luxury hospitality, golf, and experiential real estate. He is widely recognized as the founder of the destination club industry, having founded Exclusive Resorts and Inspirato, two category-defining companies that reshaped private travel and membership-based hospitality. Following their merger in 2026, the combined businesses surpassed $500 million in annual revenue. Brent continues to focus on investing in, developing, and operating distinctive real estate, golf and membership platforms that blend lifestyle, community, and long-term value creation.

Experience

  • Partner, Real Estate and Hospitality at Old Tom Capital
    Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

  • Co-Founder at Life Properties International
    Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Founder at Inspirato
    Jan 2010 - Aug 2024 · 14 yrs 8 mos

  • Founder at Exclusive Resorts
    Apr 2002 - Dec 2009 · 7 yrs 9 mos