
Invariably, the majority of a business owner's wealth is tied up their business and can only be released on exit.
Most business owners only get one opportunity in their lifetime to sell/exit their business.
Fewer than 1 in 5 companies that are taken to market, actually ended up transacting, due to poor planning.
75% of businesses profoundly regret their decision to sell their business (because they failed to plan and they fail to achieve their expectations).
Baby boomers are retiring in droves over the next 10 years and there's a $10 trn glut of businesses looking to exit.
AI is changing the state of the world economy and will disrupt all businesses which will lead to a surge of owners looking to expedite their exit.
Due to personal circumstances, market conditions and external pressures, owners often have very little control over the timing of their exit, so it's important to be prepared.
62% of business owners have given little attention to what is arguably the largest transaction of their life.
43% of business owners have done no exit planning at all.
71% of business owners have no written company transition plan.