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147 exits facilitated · $29.88B combined exit value. Below are the stories behind the numbers, with the company named and the figures they reported.

147
Confirmed client exits
client exits supported, combined all-time client figures, 2008-2025
$29.88B
Combined exit value
combined client exit value, combined all-time client figures, 2008-2025
22.8%/yr
Avg. revenue growth
average annual revenue growth, clients engaged 2+ years, 2008-2025
37.5%/yr
Avg. EBITDA growth
average annual EBITDA growth, clients engaged 2+ years, 2008-2025
$86B+
Combined client revenue
combined client revenue, combined all-time client figures, 2008-2025

Among clients engaged two years or longer, average annual revenue growth is 22.8%, versus a 12.77% U.S. average (NYU Stern). Reflects clients who remained engaged 2+ years; not a projection.

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Four companies. Four numbers that changed.

Retail · $250M to $1B+ · 2024

2.4x EBITDA. 26 months.

Rich Balot / Victra

A retail operator rebuilt its store economics and went from cash-tight to the largest independent Verizon retailer in the country.

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Coach: Mark Moses
Victra Case Study Featured - CEO Coaching International Client
2.4x
EBITDA growth in 26 months
$3B
Revenue scale reached
No. 1
Independent Verizon retailer

Client-reported figures for this company only. Not a firm-wide average.

Under Canvas better CEO results coaching
Under Canvas logo
32x
EBITDA multiple at exit
Category
Defining outcome in experiential hospitality
Intact
Team and brand kept through the sale

Client-reported figures for this company only. Not a firm-wide average.

Hospitality · $25M to $100M · 2024

32x EBITDA exit.

Sarah Dusek / Under Canvas

A founder-led hospitality company built a repeatable site model, then sold it into a category that did not exist a decade earlier.

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Coach: Sheldon Harris
Business Services · $100M to $500M · 2021

$3B public company.

Bryce Maddock and Jaspar Weir / TaskUs

Two founders took an outsourcing shop to a public listing by fixing how fast they could hire, train, and hold people accountable.

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Coach: Lisa Tanzer
TaskUs case study
TaskUs logo
$3B
Public company valuation
+35%
Stock move after the listing
Half
Time to productivity for new hires cut

Client-reported figures for this company only. Not a firm-wide average.

allied case study featured image - CEO coaching
Jiffy Lube logo - formerly Allied Lube - Coaching for CEOs client of CEO Coaching
125
Stores across four states at exit
$120M
Trailing twelve-month sales
$17M
EBITDA, with zero debt

Client-reported figures for this company only. Not a firm-wide average.

Retail · $100M to $250M · 2022

Minus $50M to a Shell exit.

Richard Paek / Allied Lube

A Jiffy Lube franchisee rebuilt store by store after the 2008 crash and sold to a Shell subsidiary with 125 locations and zero debt.

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Coach: Sheldon Harris
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Victra Case Study Featured - CEO Coaching International Client
Retail
·
EBITDA growth

Bankrupt to $3 billion.

Victra
· Rich Balot

A cell phone store opened to keep a family together became the largest independent Verizon retailer in the country - after the CEO rebuilt his leadership bench from the top down.

2.4x
EBITDA growth in 26 months
$3B
Revenue scale reached
No. 1
Independent Verizon retailer
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Under Canvas better CEO results coaching
Hospitality
·
Exit

32X EBITDA Exit.

Under Canvas
· Sarah Dusek

A founder-led hospitality company built a repeatable site model, then sold it into a category that did not exist a decade earlier.

32x
EBITDA multiple at exit
Category
Defining outcome in experiential hospitality
Intact
Team and brand kept through the sale
Read the story
Lucent Health case study - CEO coaching
Healthcare
·
Profitability

Margins doubled. Sales up 87%.

Lucent Health
· Brett Rodewald

A health benefits company that had grown by acquisition finally started operating as one business, and the margin showed it.

2x
Profit margin, in under 18 months
87%
Growth in new sales
-58%
Reduction in client churn
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Retail
·
Exit

Minus $50M to a Shell exit.

Allied Lube
· Richard Paek

A Jiffy Lube franchisee rebuilt store by store after the 2008 crash and sold to a Shell subsidiary with 125 locations and zero debt.

125
Stores across four states at exit.
$120M
Trailing 12-month sales.
$17M
EBITDA, with zero debt.
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Financial Services
·
Revenue scale

13x revenue in one year.

Airfox
· Victor Santos

A Brazilian neo bank went from a thousand users to half a million and sold to a multinational retailer.

13x
Revenue growth in one year
500x
Active users, up from 1,000 in 18 months
Exit
Sold to retail giant Via Varejo
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Energy
·
Revenue scale

3x revenue in 2 years.

Contemporary Energy Solutions
· Tony Vlastelica

An energy-efficient lighting company stuck under $5M tripled sales by rebuilding the sales team and the hiring bar behind it.

$12M
Sales, up from $4M in two years
$9.1M
Goal they blew past
4 years
Prior revenue beaten in a single year
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TaskUs case study
Business Services
·
Revenue scale

$3B public company.

TaskUs
· Bryce Maddock & Jaspar Weir

Two founders took an outsourcing shop to a public listing by fixing how fast they could hire, train, and hold people accountable.

$3B
Public company valuation
+35%
Stock move after the listing
Half
Time to productivity for new hires cut
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newday usa ceo coaching client
Financial Services
·
Revenue scale

Revenue doubled to $300M.

NewDay USA
· Rob Posner

A veteran-focused mortgage lender set record targets in the middle of a pandemic and hit them with a biweekly accountability rhythm.

$300M
Revenue in 2020, up from $152M
Inc. 5000
Named among the fastest-growing U.S. companies
4x
Top Workplaces recognition
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Jan Bednar Shipmonk CEO Coaching International case study
Logistics
·
Capital raise

$355M raised. Revenue doubled.

ShipMonk
· Jan Bednar

A fulfillment company on a rocket trajectory raised growth equity at the height of the pandemic without letting operations slip.

$355M
Growth equity secured
100%
Revenue growth, past $140M
30 Under 30
Forbes recognition for the founder
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Energy
·
Revenue scale

8x revenue in 4 years.

Renogy
· Yi Li

A solar company started in a dorm room grew from $25M to $200M by redesigning the org chart before it was needed.

8x
Revenue growth in four years
$200M
Revenue, up from $25M
Org Chart
Redrawn at every new target
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Healthcare
·
Revenue scale

Revenue Doubled In 3 Years

24 Hour Home Care
· Ryan Iwamoto and David Allerby

Three founders ten years in had expansion ambitions and no growth strategy, so they built one and doubled business through COVID.

2X
Revenue in three years
5 year
Aligned vision built from a refined core identity
2021
Partnership with Alpine portfolio company TEAM
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Grasshopper Citrix CEO Coaching Grasshopper
Technology
·
Exit

10x profits in 5 years.

Grasshopper
· David Hauser

A virtual phone company built its culture on purpose instead of by default, then sold to Citrix at a $172.5M valuation.

10x
Profit growth over five years
$172.5M
Valuation at sale
Citrix
Acquired by a Fortune 500 buyer
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In their words
"We built Allied to own forever. If I had wanted to sell and counted on that, I don't think we would've gotten the price we did. I continued looking at building the team right up to the closing date. That was the key."
Richard Paek, Founder, Allied Lube
Allied Lube story
"CEO Coaching International is a big reason that Citrix buying Grasshopper was even a remote possibility. Thanks to your ability to challenge us to think differently, to hold us accountable, and to make connections to the right people at the right time."
Grasshopper leadership, Published client statement
Grasshopper story
"My business was a TechStars start-up when I first met CEO Coaching International. Our platform exploded from 1,000 users to 500,000, and revenue grew 13x in less than two years. Ultimately we were able to sell to a multinational retail giant at an extraordinary valuation."
Victor Santos, CEO, Airfox
Airfox story

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