Case Studies
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Sell-side Transactions
• Evolution Capital partners with American Eagle Mortgage. Learn More...

• Superior Products acquires Macro Technologies. Learn More...

• Arrow Distribution Acquires ICM Distributing. Learn More...

• GearTec sells to a strategic acquirer. Learn More...

• Universal Oil, Inc. Completes the sale to an ESOP Learn More...
Articles
One Buyer is No Buyer
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Planning and Managing a Corporate Divestiture
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Capital Gains Article
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Buyer Profile
Advisory Board

Frederick W. Clarke Advisory Board
John C. Dannemiller Advisory Board
Harry Singer Advisory Board
James V. Stouffer Advisory Board
Richard Symons Advisory Board
Kenneth A. Wakeen Advisory Board


Frederick W. Clarke
 
Executive Vice President of Arisdyne Systems, VC-backed developer of bio fuels technology; formerly, CEO of a private equity firm with four manufacturing companies, Vice President Planning & Development, TRW, Inc. and a Partner at Ernst & Young. Fred is director of a transportation products manufacturer.

John C. Dannemiller
 
Retired Chairman and CEO, Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE), a North American distributor of industrial RMO products and services. Jack has been President of Leaseway Transportation and held executive positions with SDS Biotech and Diamond Shamrock. He has been a director of numerous companies and a Trustee of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Harry Singer
 
CEO of Arrow Distributing, Galaxy Music, Edge Entertainment and ICM Distributing, family-owned businesses that distribute music, video materials, OTC drugs and sundries to college bookstores, libraries, mass merchants and music stores. He has developed commercial real estate and previously was a commercial banker.

James V. Stouffer
 
President and CEO of Catawba-Cleveland Development Corporation, a family-owned business that operates the Catawba Island Club (hospitality, yacht dockage, Arthur Hills golf course, marina services) and has developed multiple tracts of residential real estate in Ohio.

Richard Symons
 
is Chair of the Graduate Business Program, Dauch College of Business and Economics, Ashland University. He has held a number of management positions in private industry and served as an examiner for the Baldridge Awards. He is a director of four private companies and an owner-partner in three private businesses.

Kenneth A. Wakeen
 
Kenneth A. Wakeen was a Partner of Ernst & Young, in the firm's National Office Accounting and Auditing Group; he formerly served public and privately-owned clients. He was executive officer and director of a U. S./Canadian heavy truck aftermarket parts supplier, which he grew to $100 million and sold. He is director of a private equity firm.