Native Texan. Multigenerational builder background. Operator trained on the job site before the boardroom. Founder of three independent software ventures. The Solis name has been building in Texas for a generation.
Richard David Solis Jr. is a native Texan, born in Cuero, Texas. His family's roots in Texas residential development precede Solis Equity Holdings by a generation: his father founded and operates Solis Building and Development, a residential and multifamily developer building single-family homes and multifamily projects across South Texas.
Richard grew up inside that business. He learned to read a set of plans before he learned to price a deal, and he came to underwriting the same way he came to everything else: from the job site inward.
Before founding Solis Equity Holdings in October 2025, Richard spent six years as Project Manager at Solis Building and Development, with hands on more than 50 single-family and multifamily projects across the San Antonio metro and representing millions in aggregate residential development value. He continues to consult with the family business in a light operating capacity.
Preceding that construction tenure were five years in hospitality and operations management, where Richard built the customer-facing discipline and operational rhythm that shape how Solis Equity Holdings approaches every engagement today: hands-on accountability, direct relationships, and long-term patience over transactional opportunism.
Richard holds an Associate of Applied Science in Public Administration from the Alamo Colleges and a Bachelor of Arts in Administration from the University of the Incarnate Word.
He is an ICC-certified B1 Residential Building Inspector, credentialed through the International Code Council. That certification sits intentionally on the underwriting side of Solis Equity Holdings' residential vertical: the principal is licensed to read code against the asset, not just the spreadsheet.
Richard has founded and launched three independent software ventures, each capitalized from the Solis Equity Holdings balance sheet rather than syndicated to outside investors. Every venture is held for the long term, operated by its founder, and underwritten to profitability rather than to a funding round.
An AI-assisted career platform that pairs resume optimization with live, real-time interview coaching for job seekers.
A writing assistant for college students that supports assignment structure, essay outlines, and composition.
A lead-generation engine that identifies highly-rated local businesses operating without functional websites, creating a qualified prospect pipeline for web design and development services.
Solis Equity Holdings underwrites every dollar the way a builder reads a set of plans: line by line, with a bias toward what holds up over a long hold period rather than what looks attractive this quarter. Richard brings the operator's default to every decision. He has managed projects on site, sat across the table from the customer, and closed escrow rooms.
Capital deployed from Solis Equity Holdings is treated as permanent. The firm does not chase liquidity, does not transact for transaction's sake, and does not deploy into opportunities it cannot personally underwrite end-to-end. The buck does not get passed at Solis Equity Holdings. It ends at the desk of the principal.
We are long-term owners, not traders. If we would not be proud to still hold the position ten years from now, we do not take it on today.
The private capital vertical of Solis Equity Holdings is structured for direct equity deployment and co-investment, not for extending private credit. Solis Equity Holdings is positioned to be a counterparty on the borrower side of the table. Not a competitor to senior lenders. Relationships with banks, private credit providers, and institutional capital partners are treated as multi-deal and long-term rather than transactional.
The decade ahead is focused on three things: deepening the residential development footprint across Texas metros, selectively deploying balance-sheet equity into cash-flowing operating businesses alongside trusted operators, and compounding the in-house technology portfolio. Every vertical is held on the same parent balance sheet so that lenders and partners always deal with a single, consolidated counterparty. Growth is measured in durability, not in pace.
Full track-record detail, entity filings, capital stack, banking relationships, counsel of record, insurance COIs, and continuity plans are available to qualified lenders, institutional partners, and professional advisors under NDA, typically within one business day of a first substantive conversation.
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