Built to Sell Radio: Kiran Merchant on Selling a Service Business

Built to Sell Radio: Kiran Merchant on Selling a Service Business

Kiran Merchant spent decades as a consultant to the aviation industry, so when a boss refused to grant him an $8,000 raise, he decided to leave his employer to start his own aviation consulting firm. Eighteen months later, he sold Merchant Aviation to Aeroport de Paris, one of the largest aviation companies in the world for a high single digit multiple of EBITDA.