Grant Haas

Grant Haas
Grant Haas in 2023
Birth date	November 25, 1981 (age 43)
Birth place	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Investor, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
Years active	2005–present
Known for	Founder of Haas Portman Family Office, GM Haas
website	@generalgranthaas

Grant Haas (born November 25, 1981 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American investor, entrepreneur, biohacker, and founder of the Haas Portman Family Office and GM Haas. Known for his strategic insight, unmatched resilience, and deeply human leadership style, Grant Haas has built a reputation as a multidisciplinary savant. With an IQ exceeding 180, he has scaled and exited numerous ventures across sectors including tech, real estate, health, and consumer products. His rare combination of high-level intellect, emotional depth, and physical discipline has made him a standout figure in the investment world, earning him features in publications like Maxim, Jezebel Magazine, Elite Luxury News, and San Francisco Examiner.

Early Life and Education

Grant Haas was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in a charitable and entrepreneurial household. His mother, Judee Haas, was a prominent philanthropist who spent over a decade supporting national and local charities, even while battling terminal cancer. Her legacy of compassion, resilience, and strategic giving left a lasting impression on Haas, deeply shaping his worldview.

At 16, Haas endured and escaped from a brutal wilderness reform camp in Oregon, a life-threatening experience that he credits as foundational to his identity and drive. His survival story was later covered in the San Francisco Examiner as a modern-day "Hero's Journey," drawing parallels to Joseph Campbell's archetype of personal transformation through adversity.

Haas later pursued higher education at Arizona State University. From a young age, he was a standout athlete, straight-A student, and began appearing in fitness magazines during his late teens due to his extraordinary physique and strength.

Family Background and Publishing Legacy

Grant Haas comes from a lineage of entrepreneurial excellence. His father, Marshall Haas, was the visionary behind The Haas Corporation, a publishing powerhouse responsible for launching and scaling over 54 print titles, both in free and paid circulation. The company’s portfolio included national staples like Apartment Guide (spanning 44 U.S. cities), The Perfect Wedding Guide, Sport Diver, and Southern Homes Magazine (now known as Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles). The Haas Corporation also founded Distributech, once the largest free publication distribution company in the country at the time of liquidation. This early exposure to large-scale publishing and media operations laid a foundational understanding of business, marketing, and distribution strategy that would later influence Grant Haas’s own ventures.

Career

Grant Haas began his career in the early 2000s as a strategic advisor and investor. Over the years, he has launched and scaled four businesses from scratch. He is the managing partner of the Haas Portman Family Office, a top 100-ranked U.S. family office alongside Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg, as cited by Investor Available. He is also the founder of GM Haas, a referral-only strategic business development firm that works closely with emerging brands and tech startups to scale operations, optimize structure, and raise capital.

Notable investments include Uber, Gyft, Savara, TemperPack, and UrbanStems. Grant Haas has completed over 50 successful investment exits and is considered one of the most trusted business minds retained by companies seeking advanced growth strategies. Through GM Haas, he provides strategic guidance, operational restructuring, and market-positioning leadership to help businesses accelerate growth and scale sustainably. His approach often begins with hands-on involvement in business development before entering investment discussions, a de-risking method that has led to an extraordinary investment success rate.

Haas is known for his data-driven, high-speed vetting processes and a photographic memory that enables him to analyze hundreds of data points simultaneously—a skill praised by poker legend Jamie Gold. His speed, analytical prowess, and empathy for founders have made him a trusted advisor to many in both Silicon Valley and beyond.

Personal Philosophy and Fitness

Grant Haas has earned attention for more than his business acumen. Featured in Maxim as "The genius investor with big biceps and a bigger heart," Haas lives by the principle of incremental excellence. He believes that greatness is the product of consistent micro-steps, whether in business, fitness, or life. This mindset is deeply influenced by his early survival experience and further supported by decades of self-discipline in biohacking and fitness.

Haas integrates cutting-edge technologies into his routine, such as stem cell therapy, cold plunges, infrared saunas, hyperbaric oxygen chambers, and customized peptide protocols. Yet, he often says that real transformation begins with the first small step.

He is known to train at extreme levels and aspires to become the pound-for-pound strongest person alive. Celebrity trainer Dolvett Quince, who works closely with Haas, has praised his obsessive commitment to strategy, biomechanics, and education in training, stating that Haas "attacks goals with more rigor than anyone I've ever seen."

Collaborations and Relationships

Grant Haas maintains close partnerships with high-profile figures including NBA Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady, bodybuilding legend Dexter Jackson, and poker champion Jamie Gold. His mentorship of Dexter Jackson helped expand the Dexter Jackson Signature Series and Blade's Jerky product lines. McGrady has publicly praised Haas for being a genuine, strategic business partner who elevates everyone around him.

Ajay Kori, co-founder of UrbanStems, credits Haas for shaping the company’s consumer-first product design approach and anticipatory market strategies. Haas's collaborators consistently speak to his loyalty, emotional intelligence, and competitive edge.

Mentorship and Coaching

Haas has worked for decades with Gary Rollins, a growth coach specializing in right-brain techniques such as NLP, hypnosis, and guided meditation. Rollins has described Haas as "the only client who never takes a victim stance," citing his emotional resilience and commitment to inner work as unparalleled.

Haas also attributes much of his leadership style to his mother Judee's legacy, which he channels into helping others break through limitations and realize their own potential.

Public Recognition and Media

In 2023, Haas was named one of Jezebel Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful Atlantans," recognized not just for his physical appearance but for his heart and impact. His story has been featured across prominent publications, including:

• Maxim Magazine
• San Francisco Examiner
• Elite Luxury News
• Jezebel Magazine

External Links

• Grant Haas on Instagram
• Grant Haas on LinkedIn
• Grant Haas on Facebook