Garden City Equity

Garden City Equity is a people-first holding company that acquires and grows family- and founder-owned businesses for the long term. Their mission is to honor God by creating a workplace where every team member can thrive and prosper. They focus on providing fair and straightforward exits for business owners while preserving and honoring their legacy. Garden City Equity partners with owners who care about the legacy of their businesses, offering a fast, fair, and straightforward acquisition process. They utilize little to no debt, hold investments for the long term, and actively engage their family of 200+ mission-aligned shareholders to help grow businesses. Their approach emphasizes protecting the culture and legacy of organizations while fostering shareholder relationships for long-term value creation. Garden City Equity seeks businesses with strong profits, competitive edges, solid teams, enduring operations, healthy margins, and high integrity. They have a roster of notable investors and advisors, including Dan Cathy (Chairman, Chick-fil-A), Pat Gelsinger (CEO, Intel), Drew Brees (Professional Athlete & Entrepreneur), John Ingram (Chairman, Ingram Industries, Inc.), John Maxwell (NYT Best-Selling Author & Entrepreneur), Tim Tebow (Professional Athlete & Entrepreneur), Dennis Muilenburg (Former CEO, Boeing), Maggie Wilderotter (Lyft, DocuSign, HP), and others. Their active portfolio companies include Westbrook Service Corporation, a leading provider of commercial HVAC, electrical, and plumbing services; Commercial Residential Aluminum, a provider of premium outdoor aluminum products; Connext, a partner for national chains and multi-site retailers in need of scalable IT deployment solutions; and others. Garden City Equity focuses on sectors such as construction & property, professional services, manufacturing, commercial building & real estate, finance, building systems, residential building & real estate, HVAC, IT services, environmental, facility services, value-added distribution, niche manufacturing, retail fixture and store element manufacturing, and janitorial services. They look for businesses with strong profits, competitive edges, solid teams, enduring operations, healthy margins, and high integrity. Their investment size ranges from $5 million to $25 million in annual net income, with a focus on companies with 10+ years of strong operational history and 10%+ net margins. Garden City Equity's approach is to buy and hold companies long-term with minimal debt, retain the management team, close deals within 60 days, and protect the founders' culture and legacy. They are based in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional offices in Jupiter, Florida, and Charlotte, North Carolina. For more information, visit their website at https://gardencityequity.com/.