Co-founder and Co-CEO, Sabot Family Companies
Business, Asian American identity and motherhood. These are the threads running through my work and writing.

Owning and building businesses
Arar Han is Co-founder and Co-CEO of Sabot Family Companies, the long-term holding company she co-founded with Shayne Fitz-Coy in 2016. She leads conversations with business owners considering a sale to the firm.
Our work starts with the company, the people who make it work, and what its owner wants for the future. Read about ownership and operating experience.
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retail can be better
I’m an experienced retail customer (aren’t we all). I’m also a former retail turnaround analyst. I aim to help retailers compete better by reporting on my observations, throughout the United States and abroad.
- Hey Nordy's, you're losing me
- Wait, you WANT me to go to Amazon? (Williams-Sonoma)
- Where has my RPU gone? (United 1K travails)
Identity, motherhood and the lives we build
- The Daechi Moms in Seoul: the Power and Peril of Parental Lemming Behavior
- Second acts for Korean women: When the kids go off to college
- My daughter Edy is beautiful.