Clint Fiore
creating a legacy
Thanks for visiting my site. My name's Clint. I love God, my family, entrepreurship, and aviation. I live in the Texas Hill Country and am CEO of a company called Texas Business Buyers that is an industry- leading business brokerage that helps people value, buy, and sell small businesses. I also invest in private companies and am a pilot that travels by small plane working on business deals for my clients and family.
Education, Certifications, Awards, Memberships, Boards
M&AMI (Mergers and Acquisitions Master Intermediary, M&A Source)
CM&AP (Certified Mergers and Acquisitions Professional, Kennesaw State University)
Board Member of the Kerrville Area Chamber of Commerce
Board Member of KEDC (Kerrville Economic Development Corporation)
IBBA Chairman's Circle Award Winner (2018, 2019, 2020)
CVB- Certified Value Builder (Business Consulting) 2015-2018
Bachelor's of Science in Professional Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ Campus, with Minors in Business Administration and Navigation (Magna Cum Laude)
Al Ueltschi Scholarship Recipient
CBI (Certified Business Intermediary)
Texas Real Estate License
IBBA Member (International Business Broker's Association)
M&A Source Member (Mergers and Acquisitions Source)
Certified Flight Instructor, Commercial Pilot, Mult-Engine Instructor, etc.
AOPA Member (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association)
American Bonanza Society Member (Current Aircraft A36)
Ordained Minister by Healing the Northwest & International Ministries
Former Board Member and Treasurer of The Coming King Foundation
1 Wife
Melissa. Married in 2007. She's a keeper! Beautiful and talented in all manner of arts including worship music, singing, dancing, painting, creating, etc. She's a wonderful wife and mother and my best friend.
4 kids
My kids keep me on my toes and humble. They're a wonderful, beautiful bunch, 3 girls and a boy.
5 companies
Private companies I own equity stakes in presently:
Texas Business Buyers (Majority Owner and CEO)
MeWe (Early Stage Investor and Shareholder)
King's Texas Smokehouse (Minority Stakeholder)
Show Ready Books (Majority Owner, Partners with PAX Financial Group)
Hero Card Online (Minority Stakeholder)
39 Business transactions
Private Companies I've sold for others or myself directly as a transaction advisor or entrepreneur; or overseen as a Business Brokerage owner since I started with my first transaction in 2013.
Sustainable Outpost, LLC (Side Hustle Business Sold to a Friend)
Nature Blinds (Angel-backed manufacturing company I helped start and grow to 50 employees and sold my shares 2 years later to the primary investor, first major deal)
Goss Pest Control (Renamed R&R Pest Control post-transaction), First Deal as Business Broker
Next Gen Oil
Hometown Hero (Renamed Hero Card Online pos-transaction)
Courtney McCutchen Insurance (Renamed Isaac Insurance Agency)
Kerrville Plumbing
Express Tire and Brake
Riverhill Moving and Storage
ATX Bikes
Lemon Tree Cleaners
BioGardener
Vaughan's Funeral Home
J-R's Water Well Service
Antigua Moving Service
Johnny Brink's Floor Store
Nueces Country Smokehouse (Renamed King's Texas Smokehouse)
Kustom Klean Car Wash
Cell Teks
Charter School Success
Action Tree Service
Hickman Consulting Engineers (Merged with Lynn Engineering Group)
Aqua Chill San Antonio
Kass Autobody (Merged with Alamo Body and Paint)
Pathmark Traffic Products
Number Crunchers Bookkeeping
Polaris West Katy
Dry Dock Oyster Bar
Traditions Interiors
Mayday Aviation (Anderson Group- Private Equity, merged with platform company Olympic Aviation)
Connections Speech Therapy
Podcast Movement
Handyman Matters (Now Ace Handyman Matters, Acquired by Ace Hardware)
Smokin' Joe's Trailers
Wool Sacks, Inc.
Country Clean Laundromats
Heart Choices Elderly Care Management
Archsys, Inc. (Acquired by Ameliom)
Blinded By Delight, LLC (Acquired by Southwest Exteriors)
18 Aircraft models flown
Aircraft models I've had the pleasure of flying as pilot or co-pilot at least one flight:
Cessna 172 Skyhawk
Beechcraft 76 Duchess (Twin)
Cessna 182 Skylane
Piper PA-28 140 Cherokee 140
Piper PA28R-201 Arrow
Piper PA44-180T Turbo Seminole (Twin)
Van's RV6A (Experimental)
Van's RV8A (Experimental)
Schweizer 2-33 (Glider)
Citabria 7GCB (Tailwheel, Aerobatic)
Cessna 177RG Cardinal
de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver (Seaplane)
Cessna 150
Cessna 152
Beechcraft King Air C90 (Twin Turbine)
Cessna 340A (Twin)
Beechcraft V35 Bonanza
Beechcraft A36 Bonanza
47 States visited
I count US states I've done more than a layover or plane change in. The last three I haven't been to yet are: Maine, Vermont, Hawaii
9 countries visited
I love traveling and hope to visit many more countries, so far I've been to: USA, Mexico, Canada, Bermuda, Peru, England, Italy, Slovenia, Austria