Josh Wyatt
Executive Chairman @Habyt
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WORK HISTORY
Executive Chairman @Habyt
Lisbon, PT
Executive Chairman & Senior Advisor to CEO and Board. Responsible for strategic and capital markets advisory to the CEO to facilitate growth and strong risk adjusted return on capital deployed. Serve as lead fiduciary to the Board and Shareholders. Habyt is one of the largest flexible housing company globally. Its mission is to provide access to housing anywhere, for everyone. Habyt operates over units in the EU over three core brands: Flexliving Hotels, its new boutique hotel brand Atipico and the original Habyt coliving platform.Habyt was founded in Berlin by a team of entrepreneurs with a vision to create affordable and sustainable living solutions around the world. The co-living and housing rental model was broken, and finding a home was never an easy process. From bad paperwork to worse flatmates, unlocking the next move was never straightforward — and Habyt wanted to fix precisely that.
EDUCATION
Harvard Business School
Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA
American University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), International Relations and Affairs
SKILLS
ABOUT JOSH WYATT
Josh Wyatt is a highly engaged entrepreneur, turnaround specialist, strategist and investor in the hospitality, music, arts/entertainment, culture & real estate industries. Leveraging these experiences, Wyatt now serves as Executive Chairman of Habyt and in parallel advises hospitality, music and culture platforms backed by PE, VC & family offices. In his most recent fulltime CEO role, Wyatt was hired by Axar Capital to serve as an asset recovery, workout specialist & turnaround CEO of Avant Gardner, the one-of-a-kind nightlife and performance venue featuring The Brooklyn Mirage. On his entry in Aug 2024, the Company had +$125m in debt obligations, extensive operational, legal and reputational failures, 90+ lawsuits/claims against Axar/AG and was deeply cashflow negative. At the direction of Axar and its Board, Wyatt oversaw an attempt to radically save the business & Axar\'s debt position by completely overhauling the venues, brand and illegal permitting structure. In parallel, Wyatt & team managed a diverse music, entertainment, and venue business platform with +$100m rev runrate. Avant Gardner is synonymous with nightlife & has been recognized as the Best Large Club in the USA while hosting thousands of music, fashion, art & culture events.Prior to Avant Gardner, Wyatt served as the CEO and co-founder of CultureWorks, the parent company created in 2020, which owned a portfolio of culture brands, including NeueHouse and Fotografiska. He served as CEO of NeueHouse (from 2018) and Fotografiska (from 2020). In this role, he was instrumental in creating the concept, vision, strategy, corporate culture, and operational execution of the platform. Wyatt also held the position of President of Equinox Hotels, where he helped develop the initial strategy for a new, innovative hospitality platform in the luxury wellness space. Before Equinox, he was the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Generator Hostels. This award-winning global brand was the first to offer upscale, design-focused hostel accommodations. Wyatt led the company’s vision, global growth, design, and brand strategy for nine years, scaling the brand into a global platform.Wyatt has been featured in numerous publications covering hospitality, culture and entertainment sectors, including the Financial Times, Fast Company, New York Times, Monocle, GQ, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Bloomberg, Forbes, Sleeper, Skift, Billboard, CFDA, Architectural Digest and the WSJ. Josh received his B.A. in International Studies & Economics from American University (1996) and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School (2005).
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