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.

  1. Sustainable Outpost, LLC (Side Hustle Business Sold to a Friend)

  2. 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)

  3. Goss Pest Control (Renamed R&R Pest Control post-transaction), First Deal as Business Broker

  4. Next Gen Oil

  5. Hometown Hero (Renamed Hero Card Online pos-transaction)

  6. Courtney McCutchen Insurance (Renamed Isaac Insurance Agency)

  7. Kerrville Plumbing

  8. Express Tire and Brake

  9. Riverhill Moving and Storage

  10. ATX Bikes

  11. Lemon Tree Cleaners

  12. BioGardener

  13. Vaughan's Funeral Home

  14. J-R's Water Well Service

  15. Antigua Moving Service

  16. Johnny Brink's Floor Store

  17. Nueces Country Smokehouse (Renamed King's Texas Smokehouse)

  18. Kustom Klean Car Wash

  19. Cell Teks

  20. Charter School Success

  21. Action Tree Service

  22. Hickman Consulting Engineers (Merged with Lynn Engineering Group)

  23. Aqua Chill San Antonio

  24. Kass Autobody (Merged with Alamo Body and Paint)

  25. Pathmark Traffic Products

  26. Number Crunchers Bookkeeping

  27. Polaris West Katy

  28. Dry Dock Oyster Bar

  29. Traditions Interiors

  30. Mayday Aviation (Anderson Group- Private Equity, merged with platform company Olympic Aviation)

  31. Connections Speech Therapy

  32. Podcast Movement

  33. Handyman Matters (Now Ace Handyman Matters, Acquired by Ace Hardware)

  34. Smokin' Joe's Trailers

  35. Wool Sacks, Inc.

  36. Country Clean Laundromats

  37. Heart Choices Elderly Care Management

  38. Archsys, Inc. (Acquired by Ameliom)

  39. 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