About High Fortitude
High Fortitude is an operating group for specialized companies whose reputations are earned in the field.
Our story
What could a strong local company become if it had access to capabilities usually reserved for much larger organizations?
Construction and field-service businesses win through daily execution. They answer the phone, understand a customer's need, estimate responsibly, coordinate people and materials, solve problems in real time, and stand behind the completed work.
As those companies grow, the work around the work becomes more demanding. Marketing fragments. Recruiting becomes inconsistent. Customer follow-up depends on individual effort. Generic software struggles to reflect the actual operating workflow. Financial information arrives too late to guide the next decision.
High Fortitude was built to solve those constraints without erasing the local identity that made the company valuable. We acquire and support enduring businesses, then develop shared capabilities around their real operating needs.
Today, that work spans a growing portfolio across fence and access solutions, outdoor living, roofing, and custom homebuilding. The industries differ, but the operating principle is consistent: keep leadership close to the market and give it a stronger platform from which to lead.
Leadership
High Fortitude was founded by leaders who have built companies, advised operators, and designed shared services at scale.
President and Founder
Dan is a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in construction and field services. Before founding High Fortitude, he founded Discount Fence USA, now part of the portfolio and one of the largest fence and deck companies in southern and central Texas.
Chief Executive Officer
Before founding High Fortitude, Giacomo served as Head of Platform Services at GLG. Previously, he spent eight years at McKinsey & Company across Europe and the United States. He graduated from Columbia Business School and received his undergraduate degree from LUISS Guido Carli University in Italy.
What we are building
We are not assembling a collection of interchangeable brands.
Each operating company has its own history, customer promise, market position, and way of working. High Fortitude's role is to protect those strengths while building the common infrastructure that can make each business more responsive, visible, and resilient.
Our principles
The same standard applies to acquisitions, shared services, and daily improvement: add capability without distancing the company from its customers.
The people closest to customers and jobsites hold knowledge that cannot be recreated from a spreadsheet. We build from that knowledge.
Shared systems should solve recurring friction. They should not replace sound local judgment with process for its own sake.
The real work begins after a partnership: strengthening teams, improving visibility, and creating capabilities that compound over time.
Built for long-term confidence
A thoughtful transition that respects what you built and gives the company additional resources for its next chapter.
More consistent reporting, clearer operating rhythms, and a group designed to understand the businesses it supports.
The direct impact of an operating company with the learning, mobility, and support available across a wider group.
Continue the conversation
If you are thinking about the future of a company you own, we would welcome a confidential conversation.
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