About Exit Authority
Built by an owner who understands how buyers think.
Exit Authority helps precision manufacturing and machining owners reposition their businesses before exit, reducing structural buyer discounts and using disciplined acquisitions to accelerate valuation category.
The gap between what most precision manufacturing owners expect and what a buyer actually offers is structural and predictable.
Businesses that complete structured repositioning earn offer multiples 71% higher than the unprepared average. When disciplined acquisition execution is added, platform pricing of 8x to 12x becomes achievable versus operator pricing of 4x to 5x.
The owners who capture the premium outcome found out what buyers would discount early enough to fix it, and had an advisor who could take them through the execution, not just hand them a plan.
Gerald Meunier, Founder of Exit Authority.
Not a broker. No commissions.
I've spent more than 30 years building, buying, selling, and restructuring small and mid-sized businesses.
I've exited three companies of my own and led a business brokerage through turnaround and sale. I've seen firsthand what holds up, and what collapses under buyer scrutiny.
Most profitable manufacturing businesses don't fail because of weak operations.
They fail because they are categorized incorrectly.
Buyers pay premiums for platform positioning, transferability, and structural durability, not just earnings.
That insight led to the creation of Exit Authority.
What Makes This Different
This is structural repositioning before market, combined with hands-on acquisition execution when a disciplined bolt-on is the most direct path to a higher valuation category.
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Removing concentration and key-person risk
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Strengthening reporting and diligence readiness
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Improving predictability and margin stability
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Building management depth
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Evaluating bolt-on acquisitions through financeability, integration capacity, and category shift potential
Every move is sequenced the way buyers underwrite risk. Most owners discover what buyers will discount when a term sheet arrives with justifications. By then the window to fix it has closed.
The Exit Multiplier™ Methodology
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Diagnostic Clarity: quantify valuation category and structural constraints
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Structural Value Acceleration: remove buyer discounts
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Strategic Acquisition Execution: strengthen positioning through disciplined bolt-on execution
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Platform Exit Preparation: enter market from strength
This is the approach I wish I had before my first exit.
Who This Is For
Most clients:
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Generate $3M to $20M in revenue
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Operate in precision manufacturing or machining
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Are 1 to 4 years from a planned exit, or are acquisition-curious and want to explore whether a disciplined bolt-on belongs in their growth plan
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Want a premium outcome, not just a sale
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Are open to disciplined structural change
They are looking for a numbers-driven, buyer-aligned plan.
What I Believe
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You should be paid for the platform you've built, not just last year's income
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Good exits are designed early
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Structural clarity reduces anxiety
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Owners deserve advisors who have owned and exited businesses themselves
The owners who act on those beliefs early enough are the ones who control how their exit ends. The ones who wait find out what buyers think of their business under the worst possible conditions.
If that resonates, we should talk.