Richard E. Jackim

Richard Jackim is an experienced investment banker and former Wall Street attorney. During his investment banking career Mr. Jackim has been involved in over 60 mergers or acquisitions of middle market companies with a combined market value of over $1 billion.

Mr. Jackim is a respected expert on the topic of exit planning and middle market investment banking. Mr. Jackim is also the founder and executive director of The Exit Planning Institute, the premier provider of learning, knowledge, and future-oriented research for exit planning professionals. The Institute delivers innovative learning experiences, performance-enhancing resources, and strategic tools designed to advance the exit planning profession.

The Institute is made up of financial advisors, business brokers, accountants, investment bankers, valuation advisors, commercial lenders, insurance advisors, and management consultants in the United States and Canada. The common thread that unites these different professionals is their commitment to helping clients exit their companies successfully.

Mr. Jackim has been quoted in, or written articles for, Business Week, The Chicago Tribune, Crain's Chicago Business, Boomer Magazine, The Counselor, The Business Ledger, Injection Molding Magazine, Bulk Transport, The Nashville Business Journal, The Indianapolis Business Journal, Transport Topics and other regional and national publications.

After earning his law degree from Cornell Law School, Mr. Jackim began his career practicing law with the law firm of White & Case in New York. He also spent several years helping to open an office for White & Case in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. After earning his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Mr. Jackim worked as an investment banker for Prudential Power Funding, now called Prudential Capital.

Mr. Jackim is currently a Managing Director with MidCap Advisors, a national mergers and acquisitions firm that utilizes the consultative exit planning approach described in "The $10 Trillion Opportunity". Mr. Jackim, his wife and two children live outside of Chicago where he enjoys cooking, gardening, and reading. Mr. Jackim is working on an Exit Planning Toolkit for Business Owners that will be published in late 2009. When he has time he would like to write a fictional novel for young adults based on his adventures while living in Saudi Arabia.