Equity Investment Group

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Equity Investment Group is a diversified family office investment company focused on lower middle market operating companies, commercial real estate and other strategic investments.
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Equity Investment Group
Equity Investment Group is a diversified family office investment company concentrating in commercial real estate and lower middle market operating companies, as well as advisory and fund management, private equity, and other strategic investments.
Founded in 1990 by George Huber, Equity Investment Group has consummated over $2.5 billion in transactions for its own account, with its principals taking active investment, oversight and management roles for various private equity, investment/portfolio companies and strategic investments.

Equity Investment Group's portfolio companies and investments have included one of the largest private owner/managers of retail shopping center real estate in US; a private equity firm investing alongside some of the world’s premier private equity firms; multiple B2B and direct-to-consumer manufacturing and distribution companies; a real estate investment management company with over $1.5 billion in AUM; the nation’s 2nd largest express car wash business; the 4th largest student housing owner/manager in the country; a minor league sports franchise ownership and management group; and private investments in a wide array of industries and sectors throughout the US.

Our Firm

Our Team

Our principals have been business partners in the Company for decades, working together in all aspects of EIG investment underwriting, finance, acquisition, operations, oversight, and realization.
Founder/Managing Partner/Chairman
  • Managing Partner of Finback Investment Partners, a Miami-based private equity firm co-founded with Governor Jeb Bush
  • Previous Managing Partner of Zips Car Wash, the second largest express car wash owner/operator in the country
  • Co-founder and Previous Managing Partner of Blue Vista Capital Management, a real estate investment management company with over $1.5B of AUM, and its affiliate Peak Campus, the fourth largest student housing company in the country
  • Current business, professional, and charitable board memberships include serving as a Trustee for the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust; on the Boards of Directors for New Story Charity, Dock Square Capital, and MountainSeed; and Advisory Board positions at Garden City, Bridge 33 Capital, AgAmerica Lending, Evolv Technology, and Health Hospitality Partners
  • Previous business and civic involvements include Chairman of the Board of Trustees for The Canterbury School, Chairman of the Board of the Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Board of Goodwill Industries Northern Indiana, and Board member of Lakeland Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:LKFN) and Fort Wayne National Corporation (NASDAQ:FWNC)
  • Member, YPO International
  • B.A. in Business from Vanderbilt University; M.B.A with Honors from the University of Michigan
George Huber

Founder/Managing Partner/CEO

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Partner/Chief Investment Officer
Responsible for deal origination, analysis, execution, and portfolio management of EIG’s private investment portfolio
  • Serves on the Board of Directors for EIG’s investments in MountainSeed, a commercial real estate appraisal management and data services provider, and Health Hospitality Partners, a real estate development firm focused on hospitals
  • Previously Vice President at The Jordan Company, a NYC-based middle market private equity firm
  • Previously analyst at Barclays Investment Bank
  • B.A. degrees in Economics and Mathematics with Highest Honors from Vanderbilt University
Tyler Huber

Partner/Chief Investment Officer

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Partner/Chief Financial Officer
Responsible for all EIG finance and accounting functions
  • CFO at Finback Investment Partners, a Miami-based private equity firm
  • CFO at Dock Square Capital, a Miami-based merchant banking firm
  • Previously CFO at Zips Car Wash, the second largest express car wash owner/operator in the country
  • Led corporate finance and accounting at Blue Vista Capital Management, a real estate investment management company with over $1.5B of AUM, and its affiliate Peak Campus, the fourth largest student housing company in the country
  • Previously Senior Associate in Assurance and Advisory Division at Ernst & Young
  • Previously on the Board of Directors, Wellspring Interfaith Social Services
  • B.S. in Business from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University; M.B.A. from Indiana University
Dan Michael

Partner/CFO at Equity Investment Group

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Partner/General Counsel
Responsible for oversight of all EIG legal affairs
  • General Counsel at Finback Investment Partners, a Miami-based private equity firm
  • General Counsel at Dock Square Capital, a Miami-based merchant banking firm
  • Previously CLO at Zips Car Wash, the second largest express car wash owner/operator in the country
  • Previously General Counsel at Blue Vista Capital Management, a real estate investment management company with over $1.5B of AUM, and its affiliate Peak Campus, the fourth largest student housing company in the country
  • Previously corporate/M&A/real estate attorney with Baker & Daniels (nka Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath)
  • Advisory Board Member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana and the Anna Yoder MS Fund of the Indiana University Foundation; Director, Indiana Soccer Association; Founding Member of the Indiana Soccer Foundation; Advisor, New Story Charity
  • 2010 Recipient of “Notre Dame Person of the Year” award and 2009 recipient of the Raymond Rosenberger Foundation’s Minette Baum Award for community service
  • B.A. from the University of Notre Dame; J.D. from the Mauer/Indiana University School of Law (Order of the Barristers)
Tony Zirille

Partner/General Counsel

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Partner, Real Estate
Responsible for deal origination, diligence, leasing, management, and disposition of EIG real estate assets
  • Primarily responsible for leading the growth of EIG by 2003 into one of the largest private retail real estate owners in the country with 120 shopping centers and over 15 million square feet
  • Oversight of all EIG developments, property management and leasing since 2003
  • Previously CIO of Zips Car Wash, the second largest express car wash owner/operator in the country
  • Previously President at Sutton & Ramsey Real Estate & Brokerage
  • B.S. in Finance from Defiance College; M.B.A. with Honors from Butler University
Bob Sutton

Chief Investment Officer,
Partner/Chief Investment Officer-Real Estate

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