Michael Arrieta

Founder & CEO

2020 - Current

Garden City Equity is a people-first holding company investing in exceptional founder & family-owned businesses. We live by our core values of serving others, pursuing excellence, seeking simplicity, staying positive and prioritizing family. Our family of companies consist of 8 businesses (control & non-control) that exceed $100M+ revenue and employ 1,000+ people. Think a “Berkshire Hathaway” model, but of small to mid-sized businesses, and all with a vision ‘To honor God by building the best holding company in the world where all workers can thrive.” Our Approach: People-first. We buy & hold companies for the long term, use little to no debt, keep the management team in place, close deals quickly in ~60 days, and preserve the founders' culture and legacy. Strategic Capital: No institutional investors. All our capital comes from mission-aligned and value-added investors who are passionate about coming alongside us to help grow our businesses. - Connext - Wathco - Essig Pools - Pathway Healthcare - RevPartners - WeBuild - Trextel

Board Member

2022

Our family of 20+ companies empowers more than 70 million Americans nationwide, including more than 3.4 million people through our regional health plans. Cambia has over 5,000 employees with annual revenue exceeding $13B.

Board Advisor

2023

Embark is a new kind of business advisory firm focused on optimizing finance, accounting, & technology. Recently recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in Texas with $100M+ revenue.

Board Advisor

2023

Board Advisor

2022

Founder

2014

MAV Ventures is a diversified private family office that has invested in 100+ direct companies and/or PE/VC funds.

Co-Founder & Board Director

2014 - 2023

New Story has developed dozens of purpose-built communities comprised of 3,000+ homes across international territories such as Mexico, Haiti, El Salvador, etc. New Story has been named 3x as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. In 2019, New Story began the world’s first 3D-printed community that’s featured as a documentary on Apple TV+.

Global VP, GM & Chief of Staff to CEO

2014 - 2020

DocuSign is the global leader of eSignature and digital transaction management. DocuSign went public in 2018 ($DOCU) and ultimately hit a market cap of $60B.

Chief of Staff

2011 - 2014

Dell acquired Wyse Technology in 2012 where Michael was then promoted to serve as Chief of Staff to CEO of Dell Wyse.

Field Sales Manager

2006 - 2011

Started selling Cutco knives at 17 years old as a Junior in High School, and continued selling full-time while in college.