Alan Melton, CBI, CBB
President, Empire Business Brokers, LLC
Greer, SC, USA
Alan Melton founded Empire Business Brokers of Greenville-Spartanburg in Greer. His company is focused on Exit Planning and Business Acquisitions. Part of an international company with 70 locations, Empire has been providing business brokering services since 1981.
Alan has been buying and selling businesses for the last fifteen years, and has been running his own businesses for over 24 years. He has coached, advised, and taught hundreds of small business owners over the last ten years. Alan is a nationally known writer, speaker and business leader. Over the last 24 years, Alan has started and led eight companies.
Alan Melton co-founded and served as CEO of East Coast Transportation from 1983 to 2001. With 130 employees and 8 million dollars in annual revenues, the company was listed locally and nationally over a decade as one of the fastest growing privately held companies. Prior to selling E.C.T. to a publicly held company, Alan was recognized by the President of the United States as the SBA’s Small Business Person of the Year for the state of Florida, and by the Florida Governor as the recipient of the Sterling Award for organizational performance excellence; joining a distinguished list of recipients such as Merrill Lynch, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, and Honeywell.
Industry:
Business Coaching and Brokering
Size of Business:
1 - 10 employees
Years in Business:
11-25 years
Affiliations:
International Business Brokers Association, Exit Planning Institute, Better Business Brokers, Chamber of Commerce,
Business Interests:
Exit Planning, Business Brokering, Strategic Planning, Business Valuations, Acquisitions, Buyers and Sellers Engagements
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