VALUED REPRESENTATION: Global Strength, Local Experience
Our Mission: To always develop new and innovation practices for buying and selling businesses, protecting client interests and refining the level of services every privately held business owner deserves and should expect to receive through Valued Representation.
The entrepreneurial boom has changed the face of business. Today, there are close to 25-million privately held businesses in the United States alone. As this movement continues to surge forward, VR Business Sales and VR Mergers & Acquisitions remain at the forefront with Valued Representation. Everyday, more and more business buyers and sellers demand our proven skills and resources to help them succeed in an increasingly complex market.
In 1979, VR set out to revolutionize the way businesses change hands. Today, we are the innovative leader in the sale of privately held companies. With diligence and expertise, a commitment to internal education and unsurpassed professionalism, VR is driven to exceed the expectations created from a glorious history.
The strength of the VR organization is its people. We are the only network of fulltime professional business intermediaries comprising of a national and international network of over 100+ offices worldwide with thousands of businesses sold since 1979. Consequently, we have proven our value to business clients across the country and around the globe.
Our Approach
We maximize the service provided to our clients by employing a multi-disciplinary, team approach. More specifically, when you engage our services, you are enlisting the resources of our entire team not just one person.
Our Professionals
Selecting a confidential advisor to help in the selling of your business or acquiring of a business is one of the most important financial decisions you will ever make. Our team of professional VR Business Intermediaries is a valuable resource toward achieving this goal. Our team consists of seasoned professionals with extensive experience in a variety of industries and across key functional areas such as marketing, sales, operations, finance and consulting. Meet our team VR Business Intermediaries and see how our multi-disciplinary skills and experience can work for you:
Dan Cheney
Dan Cheney is the owner of VR Business Brokers Mergers & Acquisitions in West Palm Beach. Dan comes from generations of private business owners and entrepreneurs which have provided him with personal experience and expertise with family holdings in aviation and agriculture. He and a partner co-founded a full-service environmental testing and services firm specializing in cathodic protection solutions that has grown to encompass a four-state service area. Prior to VR, Dan reported directly to the Chairman/CEO of a private equity firm where he led the senior leadership team in strategic business planning and development including mergers and acquisition analysis and recommendations. Dan’s diverse experience also includes entertainment facility management and an active angel investor in a company that develops and installs present and next generation digital security monitoring solutions. Dan has an undergraduate degree in Economics and a Master of Business Administration, with concentrations in international business. He is an active scuba diver for the last 15 years and has had the privilege of diving most of the world’s seas and has acquired advance certifications. He also enjoys flying, and spending time at his ranch in Wyoming.
Alfred (Al) Baumeler
Prior to establishing VR Business Brokers in West Palm Beach, Florida, Al served as Vice President of Marketing for Rexall Sundown, the largest manufacturer of nutritional supplements in the US, where he restructured and repositioned many of the company's brands and products for the eventual sale of the company. Al has held several positions in Marketing and General Management with Fortune 1000 companies such as Wyeth (previously, American Home Products), Novartis, Reckitt & Colman and Xerox. His responsibilities included business planning, advertising, promotions, pricing, new product launches, market research, licensing and acquisition/divestitures of company businesses.
Al has an MBA from Columbia University and a BS in Engineering from Rutgers University . Al is member of the International Business Brokers Associations (IBBA), Business Brokers of Florida (BBF), Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches and Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Daniel Sifrar
Daniel's has an amazing record of developing successful businesses in multiple industries from startup and taking his companies to the top. He has been President and CEO of three different companies over the last 33 years by finding and exploiting niches, establishing strong leadership, emphasizing customer focused sales and marketing. Daniel has practical experience in creating and defining value propositions, demonstrating value through C-level channels to establish strategic relationships and alliances. Daniel has forged win-win relationships with small business and Fortune 500 companies such as: Georgia Pacific, Mobil Oil, State Farm and Allstate Insurance. He brings this wealth of experience and skill sets to business sales, mergers & acquisitions. Daniel’s hobby is a relentless pursuit of physical and mental fitness and wellbeing.
Paul (Skip) Summers
Paul (Skip) Summers’ many years of experience in small business ownership in diverse industries such as professional services, real estate, retail, and restaurants provides him with a wealth of hands-on knowledge and expertise. Through his own consulting firm, Skip has helped businesses with: environmental issues and the application and use of alternative energy, corporate web design, strategy, and e-commerce initiatives to lower costs, increase revenue and market share. Skip’s diverse background in retail boutique ownership, real estate, and as a restaurateur provides invaluable insight to the sale and transfer of privately-held companies. When Skip is not working he enjoys time with his family, traveling, fine dining, snow skiing, white water rafting, and computers.
