Sabot Family Companies Operating System

Sabot Family Companies acquires enduring businesses, holds them permanently, and helps them compound in value over decades.

We are not a private equity fund. We do not buy with a five-year clock, a forced exit, or a plan to resell. We are a permanent capital holding company. When we buy a business, we buy it to own it.

The Sabot Family Companies Operating System is the shared approach we use across the companies we own. It guides how we develop leaders, serve customers, improve operations, allocate capital, and build long-term value.

Our model draws from long-term compounders such as Berkshire Hathaway, Constellation Software, and Lifco: decentralized operations, disciplined capital allocation, conservative leverage, and patient ownership.

Permanent Capital

Sabot invests without a fund life. That lets us make decisions on a long horizon and hold good businesses for decades.

The capital is anchored by family ownership. Co-founders and co-CEOs Arar Han and Shayne Fitz-Coy own the firm and think like long-term stewards.

Acquire and Operate

Sabot buys businesses to own and operate them for good.

We look for durable demand, loyal customers, capable teams, and room to improve. After an acquisition, we preserve what already works: the team, the customer relationships, the operating knowledge, and the company’s identity.

Decentralized by Design

Each Sabot company owns its P&L, culture, customers, and daily operating decisions.

The center does not micromanage. Sabot allocates capital, develops leaders, shares what works, and keeps the company focused on long-term compounding.

The businesses have autonomy. Sabot provides the operating system.

Inside the Operating System

The system focuses on five disciplines:

People development: identify talent, clarify roles, build accountability, and develop future leaders.

Customer service: protect trust, improve service quality, and strengthen customer relationships.

Operating discipline: improve reporting, forecasting, pricing, hiring, training, sales, retention, and cash generation.

Capital allocation: reinvest where capital can earn the best long-term return. Use debt carefully, with leverage never above 2.5 times EBITDA.

Long-term compounding: measure success by owner earnings, return on invested capital, cash generation, and business quality.

Built to Hold

For founders and owners, selling a company is a stewardship decision.

Sabot Family Companies offers a permanent home. We honor what the business already does well, keep strong teams in place, preserve the company’s identity, and support long-term growth.

We are not buying your company to flip it. We are buying it because we believe it can matter for a long time.

Sabot Family Companies invests across business services, consumer services, education, and real estate.

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