The modern business landscape rewards adaptability. Companies that once thrived by focusing on a single sector are increasingly finding success through diversification, technology integration, and strategic partnerships. As industries evolve at an unprecedented pace, entrepreneurs are searching for ways to connect opportunities across construction, real estate, recruiting, education, hospitality, and professional services. The result is a new generation of business leaders who are building ecosystems rather than standalone companies, organizations designed to create value across multiple sectors while remaining agile in changing economic conditions.
Few industries illustrate this transformation better than construction and restoration. Once viewed primarily as service-based businesses, restoration companies today operate at the intersection of technology, workforce development, insurance, logistics, and property management. It is within this environment that entrepreneur and business executive Jaser “Jay” Zaabri has established himself as a builder of businesses rather than simply an operator of them. Through Evolve Holdings, the company he founded in 2022, Zaabri has brought together a portfolio of enterprises spanning construction, disaster recovery, recruiting, education, hospitality investment, property management, and data-driven marketing.
Roots of Enterprise: A Family Legacy That Crossed Continents
Long before launching his own ventures, Zaabri was exposed to business through a family whose entrepreneurial activities stretch back decades across the Middle East.
Born in Amman, Jordan, Zaabri immigrated to the United States at the age of 15, having attended the International School of Choueifat, part of the SABIS school network. He was raised around a family with longstanding business interests in the Gulf region, where relatives worked in engineering, construction, trading, and related sectors over several decades, an environment he has described as a formative early exposure to enterprise and to international markets.
He is the son of Munir Zaabri and the nephew of Samir and Naim Zaabri, businessmen whose commercial interests have extended throughout the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and other Gulf markets. Over the years, members of the family have been associated with enterprises involved in engineering, construction, oilfield services, retail operations, trading agencies, and infrastructure development.
The family’s business history dates back to the early 1970s through organizations including Universal Trading Group, Target Engineering and Construction Company, and Al-Ahlia Group. These companies became associated with major commercial and industrial activities during a period of significant growth across the Gulf region. Additional ventures, including Lindenberg Emirates and Amplex Emirates, further expanded the family’s presence across engineering, infrastructure, and consumer sectors.
Growing up around international business operations helped shape Zaabri’s understanding of entrepreneurship, scale, and long-term growth. While his professional career would be built largely in North America, the influence of a family deeply connected to enterprise development remained evident throughout his own business journey.
His academic background reflected a similar focus on business and economics. Zaabri earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota, with a double major in marketing and applied economics. He later completed a Master of Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, providing the strategic and financial foundation that would support his future ventures.
The Serial Builder Years: Creating Opportunities Across Markets
Unlike many executives who spend their careers within a single industry, Zaabri developed a reputation for identifying opportunities across diverse sectors.
His early professional experience included international business development projects and advisory assignments, including work involving members of the Qatari royal family in 2010. Those experiences provided exposure to large-scale business negotiations and cross-border commercial relationships.
Soon afterward, he shifted his attention toward entrepreneurship.
Between 2011 and 2018, Zaabri founded and later exited several insurance restoration and general contracting businesses operating under the Anderson Construction name. These organizations specialized in disaster recovery, reconstruction, and property restoration services, an industry where responsiveness, operational discipline, and customer trust play critical roles.
During the same period, he held executive leadership positions within related ventures, including Anderson International Group, further strengthening his experience in construction and restoration management.
What distinguished Zaabri was his willingness to build beyond a single market. Rather than limiting himself to construction, he expanded into consumer products, beverage distribution, environmental services, and home goods.
From 2012 through 2016, he served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at XS Energy Drinks, helping support domestic and international expansion initiatives. During this period, he also became involved with Perfect Water and participated in product launch efforts aimed at expanding market reach and distribution channels.
His entrepreneurial activities also extended into environmental services through GarbageMan, A Green Company, a waste management venture that was later acquired by a larger industry operator. The experience reinforced a business philosophy that would continue throughout his career: identify inefficiencies, create scalable solutions, and position companies for sustainable growth.
From Store Shelves to Job Sites: Expanding a Business Playbook
As his experience broadened, Zaabri increasingly moved into executive leadership positions where growth strategy and operational execution intersected.
From 2017 to 2019, he served as Executive Vice President of Development and Distribution at Renpure Organics, a personal care products company that expanded its distribution footprint significantly during his tenure. Renpure was acquired by MAV Beauty Brands in 2018, becoming part of a broader personal-care portfolio that included Marc Anthony True Professional, Cake Beauty, and The Mane Choice.
The experience provided valuable insight into brand building, retail partnerships, supply chains, and large-scale distribution networks.
Following his time in consumer products, Zaabri returned to construction and development, assuming leadership roles at organizations including Magis LLC, Elysian Construction, and Double G Construction. Across these businesses, he oversaw sales operations, business development initiatives, and strategic growth planning.
In 2022, he became Chief Operating Officer and Managing Partner of Clean Initiative LLC, where he focused on operational systems, organizational management, and business performance optimization. The role would become one of the final stepping stones before launching what would become the most ambitious venture of his career.
Designing an Ecosystem: The Idea That Became Evolve Holdings
In 2022, Zaabri founded Evolve Holdings with a vision that extended beyond the traditional holding company model.
Rather than simply acquiring businesses, the organization was designed to create an interconnected platform where multiple operating divisions could share resources, expertise, technology, and talent. The goal was to establish a business ecosystem capable of generating growth across several industries while maintaining operational efficiency.
Under Zaabri’s leadership, Evolve Holdings expanded into a collection of specialized business units serving different markets while remaining strategically connected.
At the center of the organization is Evolve Construction & Restoration, focused on disaster recovery, reconstruction, and property restoration services throughout the United States and selected international markets.
Recognizing the growing importance of workforce development, Zaabri also launched Evolve University, an online training platform offering professional development and sales education programs.
Additional divisions include Evolve Recruiting, which provides talent placement and recruitment services; Evolve Fire & Restoration, specializing in wildfire recovery efforts; Evolve Property Management, focused on residential rental operations; and Evolve Hospitality, which pursues hospitality-related investments and development opportunities.
The organization further expanded through Evolve Data Analytics & Leads, a business focused on marketing analytics, lead generation, and call center management.
Beyond these core divisions, Evolve Holdings has maintained affiliations with brands and service providers including Anderson Construction, CalMaster Restoration, Master Plumber, WD Contractor Services, Rapid Restoration, and Full Serv. The group has also been associated with Gems Supply, a cannabis distribution business.
Together, these ventures represent a business model built around diversification, operational efficiency, and long-term scalability.
The Deal That Accelerated a National Footprint
One of the most notable developments in Zaabri’s recent career came through the acquisition of the Evolve restoration platform.
In May 2026, Solvane Group, in partnership with David Carlson, co-founder of EagleView Technologies, completed the asset acquisition of the Evolve Restoration platform through Evolve Restoration, LLC. The transaction was valued at approximately $50 million and contributed to the formation of a Dallas-headquartered national property restoration organization.
The transaction brought together Evolve’s storm restoration and roofing operations with Restore Medics USA’s fire, smoke, water, and mold-remediation capabilities, following Solvane Group’s earlier acquisition of Restore Medics USA. According to the acquisition announcement, the Evolve platform operated in more than 35 markets across the United States, Canada, and Australia, with more than 7,500 completed projects and more than $160 million in cumulative platform revenue.
The transaction reflected the increasing consolidation taking place throughout the restoration industry as investors and operators seek larger platforms capable of serving customers across multiple markets.
For Zaabri, the deal represented both validation and momentum, a reflection of years spent building systems, teams, and organizations capable of operating at scale. Following the sale, Zaabri stepped back from day-to-day operating leadership of the acquired restoration platform while continuing to pursue other business and investment activities.
Rebuilding More Than Properties
While much of his career has centered on business growth, Zaabri has also directed attention toward community-focused initiatives.
Through efforts connected to the Evolve Foundation and It’s 4TheKids Foundation, resources have been allocated toward programs supporting veterans, food distribution efforts, and assistance for underserved families.
These initiatives align closely with the broader mission of the restoration industry itself: helping communities recover, rebuild, and move forward following periods of disruption.
The commitment reflects a recurring theme throughout Zaabri’s professional journey, the belief that long-term business success and community impact are not mutually exclusive goals.
Building for What Comes Next
Jay Zaabri’s career has been defined by a willingness to move across industries while maintaining a consistent focus on growth, operational improvement, and opportunity creation.
From construction and restoration to consumer products, recruiting, hospitality, education, and real estate, his ventures reflect an entrepreneurial approach built around identifying connections where others see separation.
As Evolve Holdings continues to develop its platform, the company stands as an example of how modern business organizations are evolving beyond traditional structures. By integrating workforce development, operational expertise, technology, and strategic partnerships under a single umbrella, Zaabri has created an enterprise designed not only to respond to market changes but to grow through them.
In an economy increasingly shaped by specialization and disruption, his approach offers a different perspective: build broadly, operate strategically, and create systems capable of lasting well beyond a single industry cycle.