About Sabot Family Companies
Sabot Family Companies is a holding company that buys and operates businesses with family capital. Arar Han and Shayne Fitz-Coy founded the firm in 2016 and lead it as Co-founders and Co-CEOs.
We are based in Palo Alto, California, and consider acquisitions in the United States. Our interests span business services, consumer services and education.
Family capital and long-term ownership
We invest without a fund-expiry deadline. That gives us time to improve a business and develop its people without planning around a required sale date.
Our intention is to own businesses for the long term. The ownership and operating record distinguishes current investments, former investments and the founders’ work before Sabot Family Companies began.
Two founders, clear responsibilities
Arar leads seller conversations. Shayne leads operating oversight and leadership development.
Both lead Sabot Family Companies as Co-CEOs, with operating teams responsible for the daily work inside each company. The leadership page introduces them in their own words.
Developing the people inside the business
Our starting point is the business an owner has built and the people who know how it works. We work with those teams to improve service, strengthen management and make better operating decisions.
The Sabot Family Companies operating system describes how we develop leaders, review performance and allocate capital.
In their own words
These excerpts from Sabot Family Companies’ published team testimonials describe the experience of learning within the business.
“Arar has been more than I ever hoped for in a partner and mentor. She strives to ascertain where my talents and experience fit in, and to work constructively with what I have to contribute.”
Candice, Team Resources
“The various positions I have filled during this time have given me a chance to enhance my tool belt within customer service, sales and in my personal career goals. I am thankful to have guidance as I continue to grow.”
Anna, Sales
Ownership and operating experience
Sabot Family Companies acquired Rustic Pathways in December 2019, and Shayne became CEO in January 2020. Rustic Pathways is the firm’s largest operating company.
Arar and Shayne’s investment in ResponseLink began in 2013, before Sabot Family Companies’ founding, and ended in 2025. In his account of the turnaround, Shayne reports that the business generated $45 million in cash.
Considering a sale
We look for businesses with $1 million to $20 million in EBITDA and consider acquisition prices of 3–6 times EBIT. Our seller page explains the types of businesses and situations we consider.
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