Rami Cassis on

Selling a business

Exit options for mid-market owners, families and private equity funds, including succession and businesses where growth has stalled.

1 newsletter, 2 videos, 9 in the media. Updated 28 Oct 2026

Rami's approach

What I do

I buy mid-market businesses from owners, families and private equity funds, and I run and grow them after completion. I invest my own capital through Parabellum Investments, which means there is no fund committee between a conversation and a decision. I take controlling stakes, including corporate carve-outs and non-core assets, across technology, pharma and life sciences, oil and gas, mining and financial services. Once the deal closes I am in the business, working on clients, talent, culture and workflows alongside the CEO rather than reading reports about them.

How I work

A selling a business expert should be honest about the options, and I am. A trade sale, a private equity house and a private operator suit different sellers, and I will say plainly where I am not the right buyer. I move quickly and give certainty that the deal will close. What I look at before that is not only the financials. Clients, past clients, junior and senior people, culture, workflows and product-market fit tell me whether growth is there, and they decide what I can pay and what I commit to afterwards.

When to bring me in

Bring in a selling a business expert when growth has stalled and there is no plan for the next stage. That is the most common reason owners contact me. Others are succession, where a founder or family is planning retirement and wants the business to continue properly, and funds reaching the end of their life that need an exit for a company still worth owning. I care what happens to the business, its people and its customers after I buy it, because I am the one running it from day one.

Questions about selling a business

What does Rami Cassis actually do when an owner wants to sell their business?
Rami Cassis buys them. Through Parabellum Investments, his own family office, Rami Cassis takes controlling stakes in lower mid-market and mid-market companies using solely his own capital, across technology, pharma and life sciences, oil and gas, mining and financial services. That includes corporate carve-outs of non-core assets, family succession sales, and exits from businesses whose growth has stalled.
What is it like selling a business to rami cassis?
Diligence with Rami Cassis extends well past the financials, into clients, past clients, junior and senior talent, culture, workflows and product-market fit, because the numbers only explain a fraction of whether a business can grow. Since Rami Cassis invests his own capital rather than a fund's, there is no LP committee to clear and decisions move quickly. After completion, the operational work starts inside the first 30 days.
How does rami cassis judge whether a deal has worked after completion?
The test Rami Cassis applies is whether the business returns to growth, and he expects the decisive work to be done in the first 30 days rather than over six to twelve months. His first acquisition, a corporate disposal in 2007 that was hemorrhaging cash, was back in growth within a year of takeover and went on to lead its segment in business process outsourcing.
How is rami cassis different from a private equity fund buying the same company?
Rami Cassis invests only his own money and stays operationally involved, which separates him from a sponsor deploying other people's capital and backing a CEO from a distance. Rather than granting total autonomy, Rami Cassis works alongside the chief executive on clients, culture, talent and workflows. He regards an investor who stays detached from operations as unable to unlock growth at all.
When should an owner talk to rami cassis, and when is he the wrong buyer?
Rami Cassis is worth approaching on corporate carve-outs and non-core disposals, family succession, and mid-market companies where growth has stalled or performance has slipped. He is the wrong counterparty for an owner seeking a minority investment, or a passive buyer who will leave management and operations untouched, because Rami Cassis takes control and is in the weeds from the first month.

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