Anthony Douglass’s leadership roots were shaped in U.S. Air Force Special Operations, where he served as a Combat Controller, a role that demands confidence under pressure, accountability to a team, and precise execution in high-stakes environments.

After leaving the military, Anthony brought those leadership and execution skills into the trades and founded his own painting contractor company, Sahuro Painters in Tucson, Arizona. He built the business from the ground up, gaining hands-on experience across estimating, bidding, sales, crew management, and field operations.

While business acquisition was not initially on Anthony’s radar, his years leading teams in the military and direct industry experience made him a best-in-class successor. After being introduced to American Operator and meeting with our Portfolio Talent team, Anthony emerged as the clear choice to be selected to lead Greenway Painting due to his rare combination of character, direct industry experience, and operational discipline.

Partnering with American Operator gave Anthony the opportunity to step into leadership of a much larger, more established company without spending years scaling up revenue or taking on hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal loans and navigating complex acquisition risk to acquire a business of this caliber alone.

Anthony begins as a day-one owner of Greenway Painting with a 10% equity stake, full salary and benefits, and the autonomy to lead the day-to-day operations of the business. Over time, through company performance and share buybacks, he will become the majority owner of Greenway Painting. Through business ownership, Anthony has an extraordinary opportunity to build his piece of the American Dream for his family in Jackson, Wyoming.