This Entrepreneur Makes $100M+ With A Portfolio Of 10 Businesses

Synopsis

Michael Girdley talks with Sam and Shaan about operating a portfolio of 10 businesses worth more than $100M, including selling fireworks, identifying cash cows, a waste paper mill in China, hiring CEOs, and running a holding company. The model depends on acquisitions, operators, and multi-business management.

Ideas in this episode

• Fireworks stand / tent business

  Michael Girdley uses fireworks as one cash-flow business inside a portfolio of 10 businesses worth more than $100M, with the broader lesson centered on acquisitions and hired operators.

• Agency roll-up holding company

  Michael Girdley describes a portfolio of 10 businesses worth more than $100M, including cash cows, fireworks, a waste paper mill, CEOs, and acquisitions.

• Buying cash-flowing lifestyle businesses

  Michael Girdley on operating a $100M+ portfolio of 10 businesses, including selling fireworks, a waste paper mill in China, hiring CEOs and running a holding company.

• Executive search / hiring firm

  Michael Girdley on running a $100M+ portfolio of 10 businesses by hiring CEOs for fireworks, waste paper, holding-co roles and other cash-flow acquisitions.