George Huber
Founder, President & CEO, Equity Investment Group, Inc.
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Phone (260) 426-4704
Property Types
Retail
Markets
Fort Wayne
Bio
George Huber is Founder, President and CEO of Equity Investment Group, Inc., responsible for all aspects of EIG investments, key investor relationships, and business strategies and operations. For over three decades under his leadership, EIG and its affiliates have completed over $7 billion in transactions throughout the United States, including nearly $2 billion in retail shopping center transactions for their own account, while also owning and operating several B2B and B2C manufacturing and distribution companies. By the early 2000s, EIG had become a private retail REIT and one of the largest private owner/managers of retail real estate in the United States with offices in six states and more than 120 shopping centers nationwide.
In 2015, Mr. Huber was named successor to former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, as Chairman and a Managing Principal of Britton Hill Holdings, LLC, a Miami, FL-based, privately-held investment firm with investments in the energy, aviation and logistics industries.
In January, 2017, Mr. Huber became a Managing Partner of Dock Square Capital LLC, which he co-founded with Governor Jeb Bush and other Britton Hill principals and strategic partners. Dock Square Capital is a Miami, FL-based merchant banking firm engaged in principal equity investments, growth equity partnerships and other strategic advisory services for a global network of entrepreneurs, families, sovereign entities, and institutional, strategic investors. Dock Square’s portfolio investments include the largest private owner and manager of wireless telecommunication infrastructure in the United States, a leading provider of enterprise-class data center, cloud and interconnection services and one of the nation’s leading agricultural land lenders, AgAmerica Lending, on whose Advisory Board Mr. Huber sits.
Prior to his involvement with Britton Hill and Dock Square Capital, Mr. Huber was co-founder/owner/manager of Blue Vista Capital Management LLC, a Chicago-headquartered real estate investment management company. Blue Vista raised and managed in excess of $1 billion of institutional equity through four closed-end funds, two separate accounts, and one joint venture relationship totaling approximately $5.25 billion of capitalization. Mr. Huber also owns or has owned and served as a controlling principal of numerous other operating companies including Victory Sports Group, LLC a professional minor league sports ownership and management company; American Wire, Rope & Sling, a leading Midwest fabricator and supplier of overhead lifting and rigging solutions; Safe-Way Garage Door Company, a national manufacturer and distributor of garage doors; and Peak Campus Companies, one of the five largest student housing managers and developers in the United States.
Mr. Huber has been active in numerous professional and charitable organizations, including serving on the Board of Directors for publicly-traded companies Fort Wayne National Corporation (NASDAQ:FWNC) and Lakeland Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:LKFN). He also served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Canterbury School, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Goodwill Industries of Northern Indiana, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Downtown Fort Wayne Economic Improvement District.
Mr. Huber holds a B.A. in Business from Vanderbilt University and an M.B.A. with Honors from the University of Michigan. Mr. Huber resides in Seattle, Washington with business offices in Seattle, Miami, and Fort Wayne.
