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On December 14, 2000, when Tim Reynolds emerged from a holiday party, then 34-year-old Tim Reynolds, co-founder of a global equity trading firm and millionaire, said: Jane Street Capital By all accounts, he had won in life.
Tim’s wife, Caroline, had just given birth to her third child, and his company was finally on its way to trading trillions of dollars in global stocks, bonds and ETFs. For this accomplished endurance athlete and artist, everything couldn’t have been more perfect on paper.
That all changed within a few horrifying seconds. Reynolds said the driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into the causeway of a four-lane bridge in New Jersey. Shocked, he tried to get out of the car, only to see the sports car veer off the road and pin it against the door. As a result, his multiple ribs were broken, a pair of lungs were severely damaged, and his spinal column was destroyed.
“I almost died, but luckily I was an avid runner and was in the middle of training for my next marathon,” Reynolds said in a recent conversation. “I didn’t smoke either, so the doctors claimed it helped my chances of survival in 50-50. I was very septic, especially while I was bleeding from my lungs. ”
Tragically, Reynolds couldn’t help but lose the use of his lower back no matter how many miles he ran. This young, active, and successful family man is now paralyzed, but if he had spent his days drowning out his sorrows with a bottle of Scotch, no one would hold a grudge against him. It would be
But he didn’t. Instead, Reynolds worked for the company he founded and founded for another 12 years. Reynolds Family Spine Institute at Rutgers. “They are now having amazing success with electrical stimulation of the spine,” he said. entrepreneur. “I can’t say anything specific because I can’t announce anything yet, but I’m really looking forward to it.”
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he also launched Ani Private Resort (From the Swahili word ‘adjani’, which means ‘on the road or on the way’) Anguilla (2011), Dominican Republic (2013), Thailand (2016), Sri Lanka (2017).
This property was recently featured on Netflix The World’s Most Amazing Vacation RentalsThis goes for any resort hat, but his project went way beyond that.
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Tim’s whole concept is that his 1 percent of patrons pay about $13,000 per night to help fund the company’s adjacent art academy. The art academy mentors, funds and encourages low-income local children, all with free lunches and an immersive education in painting. fun and profit.
Children are taught through the aphorisms of Reynolds’ own mentor, the celebrated painter. Anthony Waiturisand 100% of the works for sale are kept in the villa, and the works are valued at approximately $2,500 and above. In developing countries where many resorts are based, parents typically work around $11 per day. The money these burgeoning Botticelli earn can reset their lives.
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“I once saw this student in one of our academies who shouldn’t have weighed more than 100 pounds, just piled an insane amount of food on his plate,” recalls Reynolds. “I thought it was probably the only meal she would eat all day.”
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Tim’s goal is to have the academy run 100% by alumni, and he’s on track to make that happen.Pay attention to Graduate They have been Manhattan-based gallery owners, California Art League competition gold medalists, Santa Fe Fusion Festival Best in Show champions, Camelback Gallery Merit Award winners, and have been featured in some of the world’s most respected art industry magazines. has been featured in
“We’re just honing their skills,” Reynolds reports, “so that they can achieve whatever they want.” You have the option to take a free computer course or an English course.
“My wife and I always planned to build regular schools in developing countries,” explains Reynolds. “But I knew how much painting helped me. And in many places here, there was all this poverty mixed with gorgeous, inspirational coastlines and wealthy tourists.”
Initially, most guests want portraits of their children. And when they see the great quality of the work, they often come back not for their own work, but for other works related to the artist’s life.
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Reservations are typically made for five days in a suite of no more than six rooms, allowing between 6 and 28 people to occupy the entire resort during their stay. The best way to convey the overall exclusivity of these destinations is to hear how Reynolds had to invest in his 21st-century unique form of protection.
“Clients often bring their own security details, but we had to look into the radar system that picks up the drones,” says Reynolds. “They are looking for paparazzi photos of their guests, but now they have the technology to catch any approaching drones, and the local police are always ready to help.”
Of course, Reynolds is reluctant to share the identities of high-profile visitors to the property or to privacy, but what if they post selfies on social media?
“I think it’s worth mentioning that Aaron Paul posted a picture of his stay online,” Reynolds admits. breaking bad Actor Bryan Cranston spent two days at Ani’s Dominican Republic resort with show star Bryan Cranston. Aaron’s 40th birthday “He was a really nice guy.”
Amenities include an open bar, daily massages, cigar-rolling classes, tennis, paddle boarding, scuba diving, cliff jumping, horseback riding, private cruises, world-class golf, basketball, and mountain waterfall rappelling.
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“My wife and I were there dominican republic position “Last summer turned out to be one of the best experiences of our lives,” said Joe Carey, founder of crisis and litigation communications firm Carey Strategic Communications. “The price includes all meals prepared by an amazing chef and daily massages, cocktail mixology sessions, cooking classes, Dominican rum tastings… I have never seen anything like this. ”
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“I have done a lot of research on happiness and memories. one study “There, hemiplegics were evaluated against lottery winners,” recalls Reynolds. “After the initial grief, the hemiplegics rated their daily pleasures higher than those who won the lottery.”
Tim opens for the second time. based in AnguillaEstate with 15 suites in 2024.
“We are also closing 10 acres of land in the Turks and Caicos Islands,” Reynolds added.
The location is within walking distance of where he first met his wife in 1992, when he was a bartender at Club Med, “after graduating from Cornell University, I wanted to have sex for six months.”
“What happened to me makes me reassess all my priorities,” admits Reynolds. “Small things that used to bother me [before my accident], don’t bother anymore. “
“I still suffer from back pain, but please don’t waste your time on trivial things because life is such a wonderful thing,” she added.
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