Kevin M. Short is the Managing Partner and CEO of Clayton Capital Partners, a leading middle market M&A advisory firm, and author of "Sell Your Business for an Outrageous Price: An Insider's Guide To Getting More Than You Ever Thought Possible." Over the past 25 years, he has orchestrated over 150 purchase / sale transactions of mid-sized businesses with an aggregate value of more than $1 billion. An expert in merger and acquisitions, Short writes and speaks frequently on the topic to groups of business owners, advisers to business owners, and academics. For more information visit thinkoutrageous.com.

Clayton Capital Partners (CCP) is one of the nation’s top independent investment banking firms for the middle market, as reported by Thomson Financial, Mergerstat and Investment Dealers' Digest.