Mathew Wainwright: Global entrepreneur generating £125m from acquisition sales in 12 months

Jul 23 2023 • 36 mins

Generating £125m from acquisitions in a year is the M&A specialist’s dream. That is exactly what the guest in this episode has achieved. Mathew Wainwright discusses what it takes to start out in the acquisitions space as well as going into the nitty gritty of how Opulentia achieved that incredible milestone. He also covers what leveraged buyouts are, how to mitigate risks in acquisitions and what cash flow problems he has faced.

Mathew Wainwright is the Director of Operations within Opulentia Capital. In the last 18 months Opulentia have grown their turnover portfolio by 125M GBP in revenue. Their trademarked model: "Buy, Build, Sell™️" is to buy or take equity stakes in Small & Medium Sized enterprises inside fragmented industries that they believe they can consolidate through inorganic & organic growth, by working with Owners that want to exit to them or want to partner with them in their next growth spurt and build the group to 50-100M+ pa.

“It’s easier to get bigger deals done that it is smaller ones” – Mathew Wainwright

Timestamps

01:49 - An introduction to Mathew

03:43 - What is a leveraged buy out?

07:03 - How to mitigate risks in acquisitions

15:16 - Julie's thoughts on dividend payments

22:00 - What to do before going to financiers

28:22 - Has Mathew ever had acquisition cash flow problems?

Connect with Mathew Wainwright

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathew-wainwright/

Opulentia Capital - https://opulentiacapital.com/

Opulentia Capital on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/opulentia-capital/