Ari was born in Austin, Texas and currently lives there with his wife Kellie, and his two children, Kingston age 3, and Victoria age 6. He grew up in the Park Cities, a neighborhood in Dallas, for middle school and subsequently graduated from Highland Park High School in 2000. After graduating from Texas A&M, Ari went on to receive his Juris Doctorate degree from St. Mary’s University Law School in San Antonio and became licensed to practice law in Texas in May 2009. He founded his first real estate investment firm in 2006 while still in law school.