Abbott Road Holdings is a holding company, not a private equity firm. There's no fund behind it and no investors waiting on a return, so I can buy a good business and hold it for as long as it makes sense.
I spent the last several years at a multi-site healthcare services company, where I built and ran the acquisition team. I met with the owners, negotiated the transaction structure and purchase price, conducted due diligence, and worked on integrating the acquired businesses.
Before that, I spent nearly a decade as a private equity investor buying family-owned and founder-led businesses across industrials, consumer and services in the middle-market. I completed my MBA from The Wharton School.
Businesses people call when something has to work:
New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut first, and anywhere in the Northeast worth the trip. Roughly 15 to 100 employees, a long operating history, and an owner who has started thinking about what comes next.
I'm not looking for a turnaround, and I'm not looking for the largest company in the market. I'm looking for a well-run business where the owner cares who takes it over.
I show up at the office and get to work. I'm an operator and a capital allocator — I'd be in the business day to day, not a name on a piece of paper.
The staff stays, the name stays, and customers shouldn't notice anything changed. A name on a truck or a door usually took twenty or thirty years to build, and that isn't something I'd throw away. Nothing gets stripped out or merged away.
It's a conversation. No broker, nothing listed, and nothing that gets back to your crew, your customers, or your referral sources. If it goes further than that, I'd sign an NDA before looking at anything.
Most owners I talk to aren't selling this year. That's fine — I'd rather know you now.