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Buyers and Builders

PrivateEquityGuy

The Buyers and Builders podcast with PrivateEquityGuy is a place where you can find meaningful conversations about holding companies, buying and building businesses, entrepreneurship, investing, and more. Be sure to follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode!

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74:21

How a Youtuber Built an 8-Fig Holdco of 6 Businesses...

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2025/03/14

Meet Arie Scherson, co-founder of Bluedot Holdings, a fast-growing e-commerce and SaaS holding company with six portfolio businesses generating over $10 million in revenue. Arie started his journey as a YouTuber in his 20s, testing 15 different products before mastering Facebook Ads and scaling his first business. Through relentless experimentation, investing, and team-building, he has built a diverse portfolio, including an agency, a SaaS business, and four e-commerce brands. Despite the cha...

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28:09

30+ Acquisitions And Counting – The Hidden Genius of...

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2025/03/04

Jeremy Giffon is one of the most interesting minds in business that almost no one knows about. As a former analyst at Tiny Capital, he played a key role in acquiring and operating dozens of companies—while staying almost completely out of the spotlight. His insights on capital allocation, holding companies, and finding asymmetric opportunities have made him a legend among those who pay attention.In this episode of HoldCo Builders, I break down Jeremy Giffon’s strategies, philosophy, and uncon...

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65:03

How This Young Man Bought a $10M Business with Just...

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2025/02/26

Bruce Marks is a seasoned lender who has closed over $400M in deals, helping over 1,200 entrepreneurs acquire businesses using SBA loans. As Senior VP at First Bank of the Lake, Bruce specializes in financing small business acquisitions, search funds, and lower middle-market M&A transactions. Bruce doesn’t just finance deals—he knows what makes a buyer successful and what gets deals killed. In this episode, we dive into: How a young entrepreneur bought a $10M business with just $40KWh...

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55:09

How 4 Swedish Serial Acquirers Scaled To a 49x P/E...

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2025/02/18

In this episode, we dive into the world of serial acquisitions with Niklas Savas, an analyst at Redeye, who has a unique perspective on the Swedish serial acquirers' approach. Addtech AB: Over 150 companies, $1.5B in revenue, $150M in operating profit. Lagercrantz Group AB: Around 40 companies, $500M in revenue, $50M in profit Lifco AB: Over 100 companies, $1B in revenue, $100M in profit Teqnion AB: Around 10 companies, $100M in revenue, $10M in profit Röko: A private company with a diverse...

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89:13

How I Bought 4 Companies and Built a One-Man HoldCo...

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2025/02/12

Today’s story is a huge reminder to not cancel out the troubled kid or the teen who doesn't have it all together. Just a down-to-earth success story (with all the drama, obstacles, grind and persistence for 90-min straight). Dustin Carreon’s journey is a testament to the power of reinvention and strategic thinking. He started with a business that had unpredictable revenue, but instead of accepting its limits, he used it as a stepping stone. Through smart acquisitions and a willingness to ta...

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65:45

How I Built a 14-Unit Zaxby's Franchise Doing $50M in...

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2025/02/06

Ben Little runs the #1 Zaxby’s franchise in the U.S. His company owns 14 locations, employs over 800 people, and generates more than $50M in annual revenue. Ben didn’t just buy into a franchise—he built a powerhouse. In this episode, we dive into what makes a top-performing franchisee, Ben’s approach to scaling, and how he structures deals and financing. We also cover the challenges of managing a large team, the importance of strong leadership, and why he believes that “people don’t quit ...

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82:04

How We Bought 6 Businesses and Built a $80M Long Term...

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2025/01/29

Ryan Sullivan is a risk-conscious entrepreneur who stepped into business ownership in his late 40s, proving that it’s never too late to take the leap. As the co-founder of North Park Group, Ryan has been acquiring small legacy manufacturing businesses across the U.S., starting with a 100-year-old electrical component manufacturer in Wichita, Kansas, producing $700K in adjusted EBITDA. What began as a single acquisition with one partner has now grown into a team of five, with six acquisition...

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45:39

How We Bought 10 Businesses and Turned $20K Into a...

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2025/01/21

Roman Khan is the co-founder of Peak21, a direct-to-consumer holding company that has scaled to an impressive $200 million in revenue—all while maintaining profitability. Together with his wife Jennifer, Roman has acquired 10 companies, building a diverse and thriving portfolio of DTC brands. In this episode, we dive into Roman’s entrepreneurial journey, including the challenges and strategies of scaling a profitable holding company, his approach to identifying and integrating acquisition...

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60:41

How I Built and Sold a $16M Company to Invest In...

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2025/01/16

Christopher Hillier is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in the employee benefits industry. He began his journey as the Co-Founder and President of Benefit Health Advisor, a full-service employee benefits brokerage based in Englewood, Colorado. In our conversation, we delve into Chris’s entrepreneurial journey, from starting a brokerage firm from scratch and scaling it to $16M in top-line revenue, to acquiring an insurance underwriting company on the verge of collapse a...

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81:48

How I Bought 2 Businesses With Little Of My Own Money...

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2025/01/09

Santino DeFranco is a former UFC fighter turned entrepreneur who has successfully transitioned from the octagon to the world of business ownership. Santino has acquired two companies: a Shell Gas Station with a Krispy Krunchy Chicken franchise and a restaurant hood cleaning business. In this episode, we dive into his journey from professional fighting to becoming a business owner, exploring how his competitive mindset and resilience have shaped his approach to entrepreneurship. Santino is a...

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65:30

How We Bought 14 Businesses and Built a $30M HoldCo...

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2025/01/02

Meet Joe Van Deman and Colin King Founders of Circle City Capital Group. Starting with a small amount of savings and an SBA loan, over the past six years, they’ve made 14 acquisitions that have been consolidated into 4 companies, employing a total of 200 people. A combined $30m of revenue. ---------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:55 - How Joe and Colin met and what they did before their first acquisition 00:07.32 - Quitting their jobs to start ...

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66:49

How I Raised Money (from 44 Investors) and Bought a...

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2024/12/27

Jason Andrew is the co-founder of a holding company Arbor Permanent Owners - team of operators and investors committed to growing businesses for the long-term. They just closed their fundraise and cornerstone deal: 40-year-old manufacturing business in the materials handling sector. $25m in revenue, 25%+ EBITDA Jason, Simon and Rowan have done an exceptional job in their first year at Arbor Permanent Owners Their structure, strategy, fundraising, and first acquisition are all unique—and...

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70:31

How We Bought 25+ Businesses and Built a $600M HoldCo...

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2024/12/19

Meet Iryna Dubylovska and Sameer Rizvi. Founders of RD Capital Partners (RDCP). Over the past eight years, they’ve made 31 investments that have been consolidated into 12 companies, employing a total of 2,000 people. A combined $400m of revenue and $40m of EBITDA. 1. We pick sectors and businesses where profits and cash-flow are the main driver of value. 2. Decentralize your operations, 'Hire very smart people and leave them alone, let them get on with it.' 3. We ran companies nice...

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56:06

How I Bought 35+ Businesses and Built a $240M HoldCo...

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2024/12/05

12 ideas and observations from the 56-minute conversation with Andrew Wilkinson, the the founder of Tiny, on building a 30+ business holding company: Starting companies is fun, but anyone who has done it knows it is a lot of work. Buying established businesses with existing cash flow isn’t as sexy so I suspect it is wildly underrated as a way of building wealth. He will occasionally pay 10x for an amazing business, but that is rare. Some CEOs will go 6 months or more without speaking with...

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73:08

How I Started, Bought and Sold 6 Service Businesses...

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2024/11/25

Selling the very first flooring business for $30k turned into a career of starting, buying and selling B2B, B2C service businesses. A total of 6 different companies in different industries: 2 residential flooring companies 2 commercial flooring companies 1 restoration company 1 commercial cleaning company My conversation with Robert Lombardi, the founder of Lombardi Group. He’s sharing a journey of making plenty of mistakes and falling on his face MORE than anyone would like to admit (a...

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60:14

How I Built a 7-Figure Swim School HoldCo With 30-35%...

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2024/11/18

Forget HVAC and trade businesses… Private equity comes after your kids swim schools… Meet Josh Scott (with wife Annie): 5 locations 7 figures in revenue (30-35% margins) Spends a lot of time with family and children. Again, the riches (both time and $$$) are in niches. We discussed: - Raising prices and selling it to private equity (which they choose not to do now). - Buying more and more swimming pools (property) - Why aren't $1mm+ EBITDA deals coming to market? - The cost of bu...

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60:38

How I'm Building a $15M EBITDA B2B Micro-SaaS Holdco...

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2024/11/12

“Selling B2B SaaS is great, but owning assets is better - that's why I went and built Skaling Ventures on my own.” A portfolio of profitable niche vertical B2B SaaS businesses: $1-3M with some ARR growth (~10%) logo retention greater than 95% limited go-to-market (GTM) knowledge/investment, fragmented competition, and technical founders.We discussed how he found the best deal among the 300 deals he looked at. How he structures deals and what his game plan is 90 days after the acquisit...

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27:32

This Grocery Store HoldCo Opened 32 New Stores in 90...

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2024/11/08

This gentleman and his grocery store holdco opened 32 new stores in 90 days. Tomasz Biernacki - a true capital allocator has cracked the code on how to compound his wealth (at a staggering rate!) His grocery holding company has invested 96% of its earnings for the past 10 years. He opened 167 new stores in Q1-Q3 in 2024. Every store he opens returns 20-30% on invested capital… All while net debt to EBITDA sitting at a conservative 1.1x Wild! There must be something special abou...

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58:45

How I Left Goldman Sachs and Turned $25k Into an $11M...

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2024/11/06

Not too many folks are willing to quit their job at Goldman Sachs to start a holding company. It gets even better… He even decided to move from the US to Hong Kong. That’s the story of Alex Schultz who grew a live lobster business to $11m a year; growing 20-30% per year. - Convincing the Hong Kong government to grant him a Visa to build a business - Printing out Google Maps to find the first suppliers (IT WORKED!!) - Bootstrapped business, selling $11m worth of live lobster per year i...

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68:03

How To Buy 5 Businesses and Build a $60m Holdco (No...

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2024/10/29

Meet Dan Tamkin, co-founder of Resurgent Capital Partners: - Portfolio of 4 companies in different industries - $60M in revenue - $8M EBITDA - No LPs - Happy, excited about life, spends tons of time teaching kids to play hockey This is a must listen for someone who’s extremely good at growing and building a single company but feels that they aren’t happiest and need more moving parts on their life: “When I started to understand who I am – I get really bored if I do one thing for over 3 ...

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