Unseen factors drove the BAM, Loring Ward $50B merger; 18-month warming, light Focus Financial touch, led to reverse merger in spirit and birth, CEOs reveal in exclusive interviews
Buckingham CEO Adam Birenbaum desperately needed a TAMP CEO; Loring CEO Alex Potts needed a succession system for his TAMP clients
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Michael Kitces and Adam Birenbaum are now on the same $50-billion Buckingham team after the blogger called the young CEO with a multi-pronged proposal
Kitces is leaving Pinnacle - after 17 years - for fewer conflicts and more opportunity
March 12, 2020 at 1:45 PM
Focus Financial Partners, LLC
Consolidator/Roll-up Firm
Top Executive: Rudy Adolf
Buckingham Strategic Partners
TAMP, Asset Manager for RIAs
Top Executive: Alex Potts
