Matt Duckworth has acted as CFO & Advisor to the southeast US’s top-performing businesses, including the region’s second-largest fitness chain, the region’s fastest-growing weight-loss concepts, one of the region’s largest funeral home chains, and one of the region’s fastest-growing equipment finance companies.
Matt has led multiple M&A transactions from Letter of Intent through Closing & Integration for himself and his clients and is an expert in small business LBO structuring and risk mitigation. He has stewarded the closing of over $350 million in real estate & construction projects and has helped secure over $75 million in bank financing for small businesses.
Matt is a former Adjunct Professor in Financing Entrepreneurial Ventures at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock and has contributed to two published books, The Minimum Wage Millionaire by Bill Edgar and Bonds: The Unbeaten Path to Secure Investment Growth by Stan & Hildy Richelson (Bloomberg Press).
Matt holds a Master of Business Administration, an Advanced Value Investing Certification from Columbia University, and has passed FINRA Series 7, 63, and 65 securities certifications.