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About Brighton
Welcome. This is the web site you have been looking for if you are interested in:
- Selling your business
- Purchasing a business
- Determining the value of a business
- Succession planning for an existing business
- Financial concierge service
These are the types of issues Brighton Corporation specializes in helping business owners address. With over twenty-five years of experience working with owners of privately owned businesses, it is likely we have already helped someone solve the problem that has prompted you to access this web site.
Our approach is straightforward. We begin by taking the time up front to clearly understand our clients' needs. From this information we develop a menu of options for our clients' consideration. Then, it is up to our client to order off of the menu the solution they feel will best help them accomplish their business goals.
Does our approach work for everyone? No. We will tell you up front whether or not we can help you. The fact is we turn down more engagements than we accept. This discipline has allowed us to develop an enviable track record of helping the clients we do accept accomplish their business goals.
Professional Qualifications
Harry G. Sutter, CPA/ABV, ASA
President
Brighton Corporation
Prior to forming Brighton Corporation, Mr. Sutter worked in Chicago, IL in the Corporate Finance section of one of the world's ten largest banks. His responsibilities included analyzing, structuring, and providing acquisition financing for numerous Fortune 1000 size companies across the United States. Mr. Sutter has continued to maintain the professional relationships he developed while performing these activities and today these contacts serve as sources for both sale assignments and acquisition financing.
Additionally, he worked for several years as a tax accountant in Arthur Andersen & Co.'s Chicago office. His responsibilities included working with owners of closely held businesses to provide cost effective solutions to their tax, accounting and general business consulting needs. Many of Brighton's acquisition search assignments come from individuals Mr. Sutter worked with at Arthur Andersen who have since entered private industry and now serve as Financial Officers in companies actively pursuing acquisitions as part of their growth strategy.
Mr. Sutter is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign.
He has written several articles and conducted numerous seminars for bankers, attorneys and business owners on the topics of selling and valuing privately owned businesses.
Mr. Sutter's professional background, network of contacts, and years of experience as a deal maker explain why Brighton Corporation is viewed by many as the preferred service provider to privately owned companies throughout the Midwest.
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