Michael Lefkowitz is the founder of the Benjamin Ross Group, a business sales, mergers and acquisitions firm, a nationally recognized expert in buying and selling businesses and author of WHERE’S THE EXIT, an exit planning book for business owners. Michael has more than 20 years of business sale experience.

Michael has received the prestigious "Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary" (M&AMI) designation from M & A Source, a division of the International Business Brokers Association. Only 68 people in the world hold this elite status. In addition, Michael is a Certified Business Intermediary (CBI) – a highly regarded designation in the business brokers' field which involves extensive education and testing, and trains brokers in the International Business Brokers Association code of ethics.

Committed to delivering exceptional service to his clients, Michael has assembled an experienced, professional team that can steer business owners through the difficult process of selling a business. He and the other Benjamin Ross brokers assist with the sale and purchase of a wide array of small and mid market businesses including, family-owned, women-owned, minority-owned, and franchises in a myriad of industries. The Benjamin Ross Group has sold more than 95 percent of the businesses they have represented which is exponentially higher than the national average of 20%.

Michael regularly presents Exit Planning seminars to various organizations to reflect Benjamin Ross Group's commitment to educating and informing business owners. The seminars advise business owners on what goals need to be set to build business value, what actions need to be taken to transfer a business, and what decisions need to be made to successfully move through the Exit Planning process.

Before founding the Benjamin Ross Group, he was responsible for acquisitions of two publicly traded companies and was involved in more than 1,000 acquisitions throughout the United States. In addition to his work in the public sector, Michael has successfully sold two of his family's privately held businesses – and because of this – he really understands what it is to be the owner of a business for sale. Michael delivers empathy, ethics and energy to every business opportunity his firm represents.

Michael has been an adjunct professor of business management at Temple University and at his alma mater, the University of the Sciences (formerly Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science). He is a member of several area chambers of commerce, the Institute of Business Appraisers; the Pennsylvania Business Brokers Association, the International Business Brokers Association, and Vistage International, the world's largest CEO organization. With a strong belief in giving back, Michael not only shares his time, but has established the Benjamin Ross Group Scholarship in 2008 to assist in the cost of college tuition for deserving students, through the Golden Slipper Club and Charities, a group that sponsors a camp for underprivileged children and other philanthropic endeavors.

Michael who is an avid golfer and college basketball fan, is married and has two sons, Benjamin and Ross – after whom he named his company.

Michael@BenjaminRossGroup.com

Professional Distinctions and Memberships

• Association of Corporate Growth
• Certified Business Intermediary (CBI)
• Chester County Chamber of Commerce
• Eastern Montgomery Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
• Institute of Business Appraisers
• Lower Bucks Chamber of Commerce
• Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Merger and Acquisition Master Intermediary (M&AMI)
• Pennsylvania Business Brokers Association
• Vistage International
• Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce