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Served: Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky
Client Revenue Range: $1
- $50 million
Deal Size Range: $1 -
$20 million
Network Memberships: M & A Source
M & A Association
Memberships: International Business Brokers Association (IBBA), M & A Source
- Chairman of the Marketing Committee, Ohio Business Brokers Association, Institute of
Business Appraisers (IBA)
Other Memberships: Cincinnati
Venture Association, Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce - CEO Roundtable
Honors, Awards, etc: Certified
Business Intermediary (CBI) Ohio & Kentucky Real Estate Brokers Licenses, Regional
affiliate of The Geneva Companies
Services Provided: Acquisition
Searches; Business Brokerage: Management of the entire selling process including planning
and analysis, valuation, preparation of a presentation report, confidential solicitation
and qualification of prospective buyers, assistance in negotiating and structuring the
purchase agreement, securing financing and coordinating due diligence/closing; Financial
Consulting: Value Enhancement; Valuations: Perform going-concern valuations for business
sales, mergers and acquisitions; for divorce and other litigation support; for buy/sell
agreements and estate planning.
President: Mr. John Keate
Email: jskeate@aol.com
EXPERIENCE
1981 - present. President of Keate
Partners Ltd. Keate Partners Ltd. is Cincinnati's largest business brokerage firm,
representing companies having a value up to $15,000,000 range. The staff at Keate
Partners Ltd. has completed over 500 business transactions, covering a wide variety of
industries.
1969 - 1981. President,
Shareholder, Director of American Avents Corporation. Company owned and operated a
national chain of entertainment facilities (discotheques/restaurants). Three years as
general manager responsible for all operations. Three years management responsibility at
club level. Company employed 400. Annual sales $9 million.
EDUCATION
Cornell University - School of Hotel
Administration
Ohio State University - Executive Development Program
Partner: Randal A. Sircle
EXPERIENCE
1991 - present. Partner with Keate
Partners Ltd., Cincinnati's largest business brokerage firm.
1986 - 1991. Chief Operating
Officer and Equity Owner of Champion Printing Company.
1984 - 1986. Senior Management in
Management Consulting with Ernst & Young, international accounting firm.
1979 - 1984. Vice President of
Finance for a holding company, Richards Industries, consisting of four manufacturing
companies. Also managed two divisions, sheet metal manufacturer and tool, die and general
machining business.
1974 - 1979. Controller for a unit
of ITT Continental Banking.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- During four years leading Champion
Printing, a specialty web printer with thirty-five employees, profits increased 600%.
- Performed many acquisition analysis
studies while V.P. of Finance for the holding company and for clients of Ernst, and helped
negotiate three successful acquisitions for the holding company.
- Designed and helped many companies
implement cost management systems. These companies ranged in size from Fortune 500
companies to 100-person firms.
- Managed two custom contract manufacturing
divisions for the holding company, one a sheet metal fabricator and the other a tool, die
and general machining business.
EDUCATION
MBA, Xavier University, Area of
Concentration: Finance
BBA, Eastern Kentucky University, Majored in Accounting
Principal: Lawrence J.
Pongonis
EXPERIENCE
1984 - present. Keate Partners
Ltd., Cincinnati's largest business brokerage firm; became a principal in the firm in
1987.
1969 - 1985. Navistar International
- Various senior management positions in manufacturing and distribution for this $4
billion Fortune 100 company.
EDUCATION
Gannon University, BA
Loyola University, Chicago, MA
Principal: Wayne Corney
EXPERIENCE
1984 - present. Keate Partners
Ltd., Cincinnati's largest business brokerage firm; became a principal in the firm in
1987.
1978 - 1984. Stockbroker, Merrill
Lynch.
1974 - 1978. New York Life, sales
agent, earning a CLU designation.
1969 - 1974. Cincinnati Milacron,
co-op and post-graduate work in design engineering.
EDUCATION
University of Cincinnati, BS in
Mechanical Engineering
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