Three Partners, Three Roles, One Multi-Billion Dollar Bet
Why I'm stepping in as CEO of Acquisition.com.
We are rebuilding the leadership structure of Acquisition.com to build a multi-billion dollar enterprise.
This is a managing partner-led model where Alex, Leila, and I are each going deeper on specialized areas to create a bigger and better future.
Here is what that looks like:
I am stepping in as CEO to execute on our plan to build the private equity business model of the future.
Leila is stepping into Executive Chair with her focus on building a world-class media machine and deploying capital into strategic investments.
Alex is leading the charge on our “money machine” by building the operating money models across our entire portfolio.
These strategic changes will allow Alex, Leila, and me to do more, work harder, and pull the future forward.
Here are 5 things we are working on that might be interesting to you:
1. Real estate: We are building a billion dollar real estate portfolio in 3 years. We are already at over $300 million of assets and actively growing. Take a look at the ACQ Real Estate website as we are thinking about inviting our network to co-invest with us.
2. AI first: Instead of focusing on getting more people to use AI, we are going hard to level up every single person in our business (and operating function) to become AI first. If you have experience doing this for companies, hit me up.
3. Leila’s book: Leila is writing a brilliant book on all the leadership lessons learned building the business. The whole point of the book is to train leaders inside Acquisition.com and our portfolio companies. Of course, you will have it in your hands to build and lead your teams. It is going to blow your mind.
4. House of brands: We brought on a new Chief Media Officer (you’ll hear about him soon, he’s badass) to help us build the media company of the future. You are going to see some insane approaches to content and show formats from Alex, Leila, and me, plus some new surprises. We can all agree that the world needs more than carousels and reels.
5. Category Kings: We made a big commitment to building the next batch of category kings. We are going to buy, build, or partner to create the dominant company in each market that we enter. We obviously can’t do a hundred of these, but we have our eyes on a few and we are going to point the entire media and operational infrastructure of Acquisition.com at them. If you want to become one, watch for our next announcement on how to apply.
I am sharing all of this because I told you I’m going to build in public.
I built two billion-dollar companies and missed documenting the journey as I went along. All the lessons are just in my head. That was my biggest regret. It’s why I started this Substack and called the “The Next Billion”.
When you get to watch the day-to-day decisions and see the leadership transitions, you can start to understand why we make them. It gives you a window into implementing something like that for your life and your business.
Remember this: The bigger the vision, the more you need focused people in their zone of genius to make it come to life.
I hope seeing this unfold in real time is helpful to you.
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