Taseer Badar

Taseer Badar was born with the DNA of an entrepreneur. An immigrant himself, from an early age, Taseer pursued the American Dream. He began several small businesses in high school and college, where he learned how to build trust and exercise financial discipline. After finishing his BA in Entrepreneurship and Finance from Texas A&M, he joined Morgan Stanley in New York.

Taseer’s management approach is adapting and adjusting to market conditions. Internally, he terms his style as “changing the menu.” The approach has overcome enormous challenges to achieve the current level of continual growth. After the introduction of the Affordable Care Act (i.e., Obamacare) in 2010, his physician clients pushed him to exit the healthcare vertical. They did not believe Altus would survive given the changes in the healthcare industry from a regulatory and business model standpoint.

The numbers strongly support the incredible level of success Taseer has achieved through ZT Corporate. The company has grown from $28M in portfolio revenues in 2008 to $600M+ in 2016, with distributions amounting to $43M. While a large portion of ZT Corporate’s investments are in healthcare, he has expanded into other industries like auto dealerships and restaurants to hedge the risk and returns associated with healthcare.