Christopher M. Wick
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT & ACQUISITIONS EXECUTIVE
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Acquisition executive with 30+ completed transactions and 100+ opportunities advised across business services, finance, e-commerce and real estate. Fourteen years building, buying, operating and exiting companies, with full-cycle ownership from origination and valuation through diligence, close, integration and exit. Currently researching acquisition performance at the doctoral level.
Seeking to bring entrepreneurial origination, ownership and value-creation experience to corporate development and acquisition-led growth.
Experience
Founder & Principal at Say Yes! Enterprises (2018 – Present)
Acquisition holding company and M&A advisory practice. Function: Corporate Development & Acquisitions with full deal lifecycle ownership.
- Originate, evaluate, structure and execute acquisitions of lower-middle-market businesses; own full deal lifecycle from thesis through integration.
- Build valuation models, quality-of-earnings analyses and investment memoranda; underwrite targets across multiple industries and deal structures.
- Advise founder-owners on exit readiness, transferability and enterprise value optimization; manage sell-side processes end to end.
- Lead post-acquisition value creation: operational improvement, ownership transition, management retention and growth strategy.
Founder & Principal at SMM International (Acquired) (2013 – 2021)
Marketing services company. Founded, scaled & exited.
- Built agency from zero to 500+ clients with retention 33% above industry benchmark; secured first-ever agency approval from a billion-dollar franchise system.
- Executed strategic exit in 2021 to national strategic buyer.
Principal at TF Online Shopping LLC (Acquired) (2018 – 2026)
E-commerce acquisition and operating platform
- Evaluated deal flow and underwrote e-commerce acquisition targets for strategic and financial fit.
- Executed operational improvements that doubled industry-standard margins; optimized merchandising, conversion and unit economics.
- Exited to a strategic buyer in 2026.
Principal at Plenty Properties LLC (2016 – Present)
Real estate acquisition and asset management
- Acquired and currently manage a portfolio of single-family rental assets using conventional and structured financing.
- Scaled portfolio to seven figures within 22 months; direct P&L accountability for acquisition, operations and disposition.
Head Coach & M&A Educator at E.P.I.C. Network (2022 – 2024)
- Built and delivered Mergers & Acquisitions curriculum covering deal sourcing, valuation, diligence and transaction execution to 1,000+ learners.
- Keynoted industry conferences on acquisition strategy, deal structure and value creation.
Education
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Doctoral Scholar in Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition, M&A Corporate Development – University of Houston, C.T.
Bauer
College of Business (2026)
Executive Certificate in M&A and Corporate Development Strategies – The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (2026 – 2026)
Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship; Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship; nation's #1-ranked entrepreneurship program | Ted Bauer Leadership Program – University of Houston, C.T.
