Steve O.

I am a 33-year-old entrepreneur who for the past 6 years has owned and operated a successful mortgage company in NY. Market conditions have, needless to say, made the operation of such a business by even those of us who conducted ourselves honorably nearly impossible. As such, I, along with business associates I was fortunate enough to encounter along the way, have begun working as a business broker for Ridge Partners. In addition to our arrangement of the purchase and sale of businesses, we also operate as private equity group who acquires companies. The first of these is www.clecontactlenses.com, an established and successful online retailer of contact lenses and eye-care related products. Both my partners and I are constantly searching for the next deal to arrange or company to acquire, while growing the businesses already in our portfolio.