Exit strategies allow business owners and investors to sell or transfer ownership of assets or companies. They can use these strategies when seeking to retire, cash out or shift focus to new ventures.

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Having a well-defined exit strategy from day one is essential and gives entrepreneurs the power to dictate how they leave their business, ...

(For this month's Vets to Venture article, we partner with Brandon Harris, an M&A Advisor with Graystone International and a U.S. Marine Veteran. Brandon teams up with Adams & Reese Corporate Services ...

For CEOs, the culmination of years of dedication and strategic growth often leads to contemplating the best exit strategy for the company. Whether driven by personal aspirations, market conditions or ...

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According to a 2025 survey by the Exit Planning Institute, 58 percent of Baby Boomer entrepreneurs said they expected to sell their companies within five years. But just 14 percent considered creating ...

Many in the private equity industry have been hoping that the exit market will get back to the levels of a few years ago, allowing them to return liquidity to LPs and aid their next rounds of ...