The Hard Truth About Selling a $100M+ Business | Ryan Blair

Wealthy Way

Ryan Pineda

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 135 minutes

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Learn how to invest in real estate with the Cashflow 2.0 System! Your business in a box with 1:1 coaching, motivated seller leads, & softwares. https://www.wealthyinvestor.com/ --- Most people wouldn’t expect a former gang member to become a multimillionaire entrepreneur, but Ryan Blair’s story is anything but ordinary. In this episode, Ryan takes us through his wild journey from a rough upbringing and finding the right mentor to scaling businesses, selling companies, and even facing a bi...

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0:00.0	You sold a company for $792 million that was back in 2012?
0:04.4	Well, the sale happened in 2008 and then there was a multi-year earn-out situation and a bunch
0:09.3	of other things.
0:10.3	It culminated in 2012 and then I stayed on for a little longer after that.
0:14.0	Man, I have so many questions now.
0:15.6	A company may be worth $100 million to investors, but that doesn't mean that anyone will
0:19.9	come in and buy it for $100 million.
0:22.6	What would cause a company to not?
0:24.6	So volatility is the main item that you're discounting for.
0:27.6	When I was going public, I was doing 100 million in EBITDA.
0:30.6	Valuations ranged from like $1.5 billion in the public-trade markets.
0:35.6	At the same time, Facebook was going public and I was working with the same bankers and I was talking
0:40.6	to them and they were doing also $100 million in EBITA but they were worth $100 billion.
0:45.4	You're like.
0:46.2	Yeah, that's when I realized I'm in the most volatile, unscalable model and I'll never build that
0:51.5	way again.
0:53.4	What's up, wealth builders?
0:54.5	Today, I've got somebody who has sold a company for $792 million and he has an amazing
1:00.9	story to go with it.
1:03.1	Growing up in the gangs of L.A.
1:05.4	and still persevering through it to build multiple companies that have exited and now
1:09.6	helping entrepreneurs everywhere.
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