Bridgeton CEO Atit Jariwala is a hospitality and real estate enthusiast who operates, owns, and invests in a multitude of business types and asset classes, as well as in technology ventures that intersect with the physical world.

With a national portfolio, currently valued near $1 billion, Jariwala’s Bridgeton owns and operates boutique properties that embody the neighborhoods they call home. Jariwala’s New York City-based Walker Hotels, with locations in Tribeca and Greenwich Village, are uniquely designed to embrace their corners of Manhattan, with not only quintessential design elements, but programming that ties them to the artist and designer communities that surround them. The portfolio also consists of the newly renovated and rebranded Dawn Ranch, a 22-acre retreat spanning a river, an apple orchard and a meadow in the heart of Guerneville, California at the southern edge of the redwoods. Jariwala’s Bridgeton also manages Marram, Montauk’s boutique hotel with barefoot luxury at its core.

Jariwala’s family managed motels so you can say he was born into the industry. Hailing from Bridgeton, Missouri, which gives the company its name, Jariwala always had an unwavering entrepreneurial spirit. He has founded numerous startups and is an active venture capitalist, investing in many technology start-ups. He is an honored board member of one of New York’s largest nonprofits, the Henry Street Settlement. Jariwala received his MBA from Stanford University and his BA from Yale University.