A Connecticut WASP with a gambler’s heart, Colin Rathis what happens when old money meets new ambition inManhattan’s pressure cooker real estate market. By day,he’s the dutiful son, reverse-commuting to daddy’sdirect mail business in the suburbs. By night, he’s areal estate mad scientist, transforming a historicbrownstone into his family’s dream home—while hispregnant wife wonders if dreams need quite so manyrefinance loans.
Standing tall in his sailing whites at multiple yachtclub gatherings, Colin projects the perfect picture ofEast Coast privilege. But beneath the polished exteriorbeats the heart of a high-stakes player who believes ifyou’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up toomuch room. When his partner’s betrayal threatens tosink their brownstone venture, Colin doesn’t retreat—hedoubles down, leveraging everything into a massivecondominium project next door. It’s a move that wouldmake his risk-averse siblings (all three of them older,all three estranged) reach for their heart medication.
Despite his “ALL IN” obsession with empire-building,Colin’s true navigation points are his wife Samanthaand their three daughters, born amid the chaos ofconstruction. He’s a man who’ll risk $13 million on adevelopment deal but won’t miss his daughter’s recital—even if he’s taking calls from contractors in theaudience. This contradiction defines him: a lovingfather who’ll risk his family’s security to securetheir future, a devoted husband who sometimes forgetsmarriage isn’t another project to manage, and anentrepreneur whose greatest dreams are realized onlyafter his grandest plans crumble.