Inspirato Gets New CEO and $10 Million in Financing, Lays Off 15% of Employees
Photo Credit: A still from an Inspirato commercial featuring one of its properties in 2020. Inspirato
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With Brad Handler out as chairman and his brother Brent Handler having given up the CEO role nearly a year ago, this deal represents a changing of the guard at Inspirato.
Inspirato brought in a new CEO and chairman, Payam Zamani, who arrived with a deal for $10 million in equity financing for the struggling luxury vacation club.
Inspirato also announced it's laying off 15% of its workforce and terminating underperforming leases in moves geared to help shave $25 million annually.
Zamani, is founder and CEO of private equity firm One Planet Group, which obtains 2.9 million new shares of Inspirato Class A common stock a
