
Greg Martin is an operations-focused entrepreneur, CEO, private equity investor, and executive coach with a unique track record: Over a thirty-plus year career as a founder and senior executive, Greg helped lead four separate businesses onto the Inc. 5000 list (three in the top 1%) with five-year organic growth rates in excess of 3,400%, 5,600%, and 6,100%. Combined, the businesses have generated revenue in excess of $3 billion, created over 2,500 jobs, and yielded two high eight-figure exits.
The operator behind the coach
Greg Martin is an operations-focused entrepreneur, CEO, private equity investor, and executive coach with a unique track record: Over a 30+ year career as a founder and senior executive, Greg helped lead four separate businesses onto the Inc. 5000 list (three in the top 1%) with 5-year organic growth rates over 3,400%, 5,600%, and 6,100%. Combined, the businesses have generated revenue in excess of $3 billion, created over 2,500 jobs, and yielded two high 8-figure exits.
Greg brings a wealth of experience from both sides of the transaction table, having successfully sold a business to a private equity buyer and later becoming a general partner in private equity . With his unique perspective as both a seller and an acquirer, Greg has a deep understanding of the intellectual-and emotional-needs of both sides and offers truly exceptional transaction guidance for his coaching clients.
Greg is also experienced in running family businesses , having founded and grown a successful family business from startup to over nine figures in revenue. As a coach, Greg has an intimate understanding of the specific set of challenges that can occur with both the personal and the business dynamics of a family business and helps clients successfully navigate the often choppy waters.
As an executive, investor, and coach, Greg is deeply passionate about unlocking the human and organizational potential that lies at the intersection of vision, mission, culture, strategy, and execution. He is a 30-plus year member of YPO , serving in leadership at the local, regional, and international level, including two years as the Vice Chair of the International Board . He is also a two-time E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist . Greg is an alumnus of Harvard Business School (Owner-President Management Program).
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Greg Martin, Four-Time Inc. 5000 Founder-CEO with Two Eight-Figure Exits, is especially valuable to CEOs focused on PE-backed scale, exit prep, and international expansion.
Greg Martin is an operations-focused entrepreneur, CEO, private equity investor, and executive coach with a unique track record: Over a 30+ year career as a founder and senior executive, Greg helped lead four separate businesses onto the Inc. 5000 list (three in the top 1%) with 5-year organic growth rates over 3,400%, 5,600%, and 6,100%. Combined, the businesses have generated revenue in excess of $3 billion, created over 2,500 jobs, and yielded two high 8-figure exits.
Direct, operator-driven, and rooted in real P&L experience. Greg Martin coaches CEOs the way a former operator coaches, focused on the decisions that actually move the business, the metrics that expose the truth, and the leadership behaviors that compound over time.
Greg Martin is based in the United States and works with CEOs across North America and internationally through 1:1 coaching, board observation, and on-site strategic offsites as part of the CEO Coaching International team.
Companies coached by CEO Coaching International for two or more years have averaged 22.8%/yr revenue growth and 37.5%/yr EBITDA growth, roughly 2-3x U.S. benchmarks. Greg Martin coaches to the same operating standard: measurable growth, real leverage on the CEO's calendar, and a leadership team that can execute without you.
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