Career TrackFinance · 7 min read
The Search Fund: Buying Your Way Into the C-Suite
A growing number of MBAs are skipping the corporate ladder and buying small businesses outright. Inside the model — and the math.
Search funds — once a niche Stanford and HBS path — have become one of the fastest routes from operator to CEO. Searchers raise capital, find a profitable small business, buy it, and run it.
We interview two searchers who closed acquisitions in the last 24 months on how they sourced deals, structured the equity, and made the transition from finance to operating.