Client Revenue Range: $2 million to $75 million

Deal Size Range: $1 - $50 million

Network Memberships: Nation - List International

M & A Association Memberships: M & A Source, International Business Brokers Association (IBBA), IBA, Institute of Certified Business Counselors, Association for Corporate Growth

Other Memberships, Honors, Awards, etc: Long Island Association, Certified Business Intermediary

Services Provided: Acquisition Searches: Nationwide and International; Seller Representations: Long Island, NYC metro area, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic; Financial Strategic Options Consulting; Negotiation advisory and support services; Capital Arrangement; Debt Placement

History: Prior to starting Corporate Growth Services, Mr. Larson was, from 1981 to 1986, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Custom American Furniture, Newtown, Connecticut, a case goods manufacturer.

Corporate Growth Services was established in 1986 to provide professional merger and acquisition intermediary services on a national and international basis for clients seeking to sell, buy or arrange financing for midsize businesses.  Stallworth M. Larson is the founder and President.

From 1969 to 1981 Mr. Larson was at the Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City, New York, where he was a Vice President.  In 1980-1981 he worked in the Project Finance Division of the Merchant Banking Group where he advised and assisted major multinational corporations and domestic and foreign government entities in structuring, negotiating, and arranging financing for multi-sponsored international and domestic projects.

He was active from 1969 to 1980 in Chase International Investment Corporation, a development finance/venture capital subsidiary of the Chase Manhattan Bank, engaged in direct overseas investment of debt and equity funds. 

Mr. Larson has an MBA in Finance from Columbia University, and is a 1963 graduate of Yale University.

From 1963 to 1967 he served in the United States Navy where he was a Lieutenant. 

Mr. Larson is also a Life Member of the United States Naval Institute and a Life Member of the Navy League of the United States.  He was the 1997 recipient of the United Hospital Fund's Distinguished Trustee Award.

Mr. Larson's professional credentials and community service positions include:

Professional Credentials

• Nation-List International
• Certified Business Intermediary
• Institute of Certified Business Counselors
• Institute of Business Appraisers
• International Business Brokers Association
• Long Island Association

Community Service Positions

• Board of Directors, St. Mary's Hospital for Children, Bayside, NY
• Board of Trustees, New York State Association of Independent Schools
• Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Buckley Country Day School