Senior advisors who stay with you from the first meeting to closing.
CEO and Managing Partner
Steve founded Five Talents Financial Group in 2009 and leads the firm as CEO and Managing Partner. He came to M&A advisory from the owner's side of the table. In 1984 he founded an industrial recycling company in Somerset and grew it from about $3,000 in first-year revenue to more than $21 million, with up to 100 employees. Earlier he served as general manager of a Somerset packaging plant.
Steve received the 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year award from Congressman Hal Rogers, served on the advisory board of Cumberland Valley National Bank, and has served on the board of directors of The Bluegrass Institute. He holds a BA in Business Management from Western Kentucky University.
606-305-1446
skeck@fivetalentsfinancialgroup.com
Partner
Michael has been a partner at Five Talents since 2009 and brings 17 years of sell-side M&A experience, advising owners on valuation, positioning, buyer outreach, and negotiation.
He is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Asbury University and a Ph.D. candidate at ESCP Business School, where his research applies Upper Echelons Theory to entrepreneurship through acquisition and examines how an acquirer's character shapes the company it buys.
Michael holds an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, an MSc in Finance and Economic Policy from the University of London, an M.A. from Liberty University, and a B.S. from Western Kentucky University. He is a FINRA Registered Representative.
606-875-2915
mkeck@fivetalentsfinancialgroup.com
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