William Huston is Bay Street’s founder and CIO. He oversees investment strategy, capital formation, and investor relations. Bay Street serves as a fiduciary for four custom long-only public equity portfolios totaling $18 million, as a 3(38) fiduciary for one custom public equity portfolio totaling $15 million, and as a non-discretionary advisor for a $450 million family office. Bay Street’s flagship fund, Alt Path Fund I is currently a portfolio of three commercial properties. William has supervised commercial real estate transactions representing more than $63 million in aggregate transaction value. He was raised in Huntsville, Alabama by William Sr. (M. Ed) and Dorothy Huston (Ed. D) and is the fourth generation in his family to earn a degree from an accredited university and the second generation to successfully build and sustain a small business for over fifteen years. He trained as a classical piano player until college. At the age of nine and while training under Roland A. Schneller to be awarded a scholarship at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music while training under Roland A. Schneller. William completed his high school requirements a year early and completed a full year of college credits at Alabama A&M where his mother served as VP of R&D. Before enrolling for his official freshman year at Georgia Tech as a Rolls-Royce Engineering Scholarship Recipient, William was recognized by Cornell University as the youngest recipient of the Nanoscales Systems Fellowship. After his freshman year at Georgia Tech, William had made enough money to buy his own vehicle and move off campus by selling software and “How-to” PDFs on eBay. Going into his sophomore year, his father became disabled and William decided to pause his studies to work for one year in order to qualify for in-state tuition. During that year, he started his first business, a call center in Davao, Philippines. The call center differentiated itself from the competition by only supporting the U.S. government's Thrift Savings Plan for major financial firms that counseled employees preparing for retirement. The first ten years of entrepreneurship for William were marked by periods of exuberant highs and depressing lows. With his primary focus on entrepreneurship, William enrolled in post-graduate level programs from multiple universities (Alabama A&M, Georgia Tech, Georgia Perimeter, Penn State, Oakwood University, BYU, University of Chicago, Wharton) to learn about the topics that were relevant to his business interests as they came up. Eventually, over the course of twelve years, he was given the news that his undergraduate degree requirements were satisfied. William’s path to founding Bay Street Capital Holdings started when he founded Huston’s Mergers and Acquisitions with the goal of consolidating small call centers across the Philippines and standardizing their contracts with US-based clients. Once the call center experience & infrastructure, he explored businesses across merchant services (founded InterchangeMinus.com), direct marketing (founded FamilyInsurance.net, EmployeeBenefitsGroup.org, TelemarketingPhilippines.com, TopPromotionalProducts.net), and Intellectual Property (founded and exited 真実 無限, ShinjitsuMugen.com (Infinite Truth) and MagnifiedAI.com. US Patents 62687248 Advance Oral Hygiene Force Regulation and Technique Improvement Apparatus and Method & 15951172 Advanced Toothbrush, Charging Pad with Magnetic Levitation, and Data Acquisition Apparatus, Method, and System Advanced Toothbrush, Charging Pad with Magnetic Levitation, and Data Acquisition Apparatus, Method, and System are currently under USPTO examination and brokered to both practicing and non-practicing entities with back license agreements to continue developing the technology). William is recognized as a top subject-matter expert on investing, diversity, and entrepreneurship and is regularly invited to speak on national television programs and press publications. He has served on several public and private boards ranging from the Department of Energy’s JEDI board to the 100 Black Men of America’s fundraising committee. Through his leadership, Bay Street Capital Holdings has grown from a concept to a nationally recognized diverse investment manager. To date, Bay Street is the only Black-owned investment firm to regularly collaborate with Cartier and currently contracts over twenty-nine diverse-owned vendors across its hospitality brand, Resthaven Properties. William married his wife, Ty-Vy, in 2013. Together, they raise their two sons, Josiah Thunder and Jonathan Storm in Fremont, CA.
Bay Street Hospitality is a diversified hotel fund for allocators seeking quant-driven exposure across specific countries, operators, and hotel tiers. The fund targets a diversified portfolio in high-growth emerging markets and developed markets, optimizing for risk-adjusted returns. The leadership provides structured equity and pivotal strategic guidance to hotel-related investments. The fund establishes joint ventures with best-in-class partners, focusing on deal flexibility, currency considerations, tax efficiency, and clear exit strategies.
