SME succession is becoming one of the defining challenges of our time. As a generation of founders prepares to step back, new ownership models are gaining relevance. In this episode of The M&A Guy Podcast, Brian Franco and Christian Malek discuss how operator-led buyouts are reshaping the future of entrepreneurship, leadership, and long-term value creation. Listen to the full conversation.

By 2027, more than 230,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will be looking for a viable handover solution.

In this conversation with Private Equity Insights at Switzerland’s Largest PE Conference, he reveals that what he’s building at Novastone Partners is far subtler and, arguably, far more ambitious: a re-engineering of how ownership changes hands in the often-overlooked world of SMEs.

Unternehmerische Nachfolge als Karriereoption im Wandel der Zeit.

CEO at Garner Osborne Circuits and Active-PCB Solutions.