Robert (Bob) Kay, an experienced executive in finance, investments,
private equity intermediary, banking, and private business management, and his
long-time business associate, Laine Holman, a seasoned CFO, have joined Corporate Investment, an Austin-based
financial advisory firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions and business
sales.
“We are excited to
join Corporate Investment and use our years of experience in business
operations, deal making, capital raising and private
equity investing to help our clients,” said Kay. “Corporate Investment
has a well earned reputation in the region as business intermediary and merger
and acquisition experts. With mergers and acquisitions picking up steam in
Central Texas, we are in the right place to help owners get the most value from
their transactions,” Kay added.
Most
recently, Mr. Kay has led Excelleration Partners, an early stage growth company
consultancy and capital raising advisor, after having served for six years as
EVP/COO/CFO at Drilling Info, Inc., an online oil and gas data provider. While
at Drilling Info, Bob partnered with CEO Allen Gilmer in leading the company
through an explosive growth phase and eventual control sale to a NYC-based
private equity fund.
Prior to
his most recent career stop as Consulting CFO to Durbin and Bennett Tax
Advisors, Mr. Holman served as CFO to The Kucera Companies, a full-service
commercial real estate company from 2003-2011. Kay and Holman partnered during
the 1980s and 1990s within several business entities controlled by Robert W.
Hughes and the Prime Cable family of companies.
Serving as a M&A
team at Corporate Investment, Kay and Holman will lead clients through the sale
preparation and sale of their businesses. Their diverse and combined business
experiences have provided them deep experience and insight into the business
sales process.
A native of Austin,
Mr. Kay earned a BBA in General Business with an accounting concentration from
The University of Texas in 1974. Mr. Holman is a native of Taylor, Texas, and
is an Honors graduate in Accounting from UT Austin in 1981.
About Corporate Investment
Corporate Investment, founded in 1984, is a leading merger
& acquisition firm based in Austin, Texas, representing companies
throughout Texas. Corporate Investment works primarily with the owners of private
companies in a variety of industries, and their potential acquisition or merger
partners.