Sabot Family Companies leadership
Arar Han and Shayne Fitz-Coy founded Sabot Family Companies in 2016 and lead it as Co-CEOs. Arar leads seller conversations, and Shayne leads operating oversight and leadership development.
They lead the firm from Palo Alto, California, with an acquisition focus on the United States.
Arar Han
Co-founder and Co-CEO
Arar leads conversations with owners considering a sale to Sabot Family Companies. Her Sabot Family Companies profile describes her background and work.
I believe that working hard, minding the details, and caring about quality are key to building lasting businesses.
I began my career at Harvard Business School, learning and writing about people who embody this in the retail world. Like John W. Nordstrom, whose exceptional service ethic built America’s favorite place to shop. I then went to Panera Bread to work for Ron Shaich, who revolutionized what it meant for time-strapped modern Americans to have a real meal at a fair price.
I am convinced that leaders like this in all industries form the backbone of our economy. They are not superheroes, and they are not geniuses.
They focus on providing good value to customers, and treat their teams fairly. In so doing, they build great companies that people want to do business with, and also want to work at.
I want to partner with owners like this for the rest of my life.
Arar Han is the Co-founder and Co-CEO of Sabot Family Companies.
Shayne Fitz-Coy
Co-founder and Co-CEO
Shayne leads operating oversight and leadership development. His Sabot Family Companies profile describes his ownership and operating experience.
Early in my career, a manager remarked to me that he loved business because unlike in sports, every day is game day. For the fans, the players, and the owners, the season lasts 365 days. Great coaches matter; strong teams outperform great individual talents.
I bore witness to this throughout my career. I started in operational roles at Cintas Corporation. Later, I held strategic roles in Silicon Valley. More recently, I’ve been an executive on both coasts.
Teams work best with talented leadership, patient capital and an engaged workforce. The best leaders focus their organizations on serving customer needs.
The best investors prioritize long-term results over short-term fluctuations. The best employees thrive in environments that develop and keep top talent.
Let’s continue the winning tradition together.
Shayne Fitz-Coy is the Co-founder and Co-CEO of Sabot Family Companies.
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Owners can review our acquisition criteria or contact the team to introduce a business.