38 Acquisitions Generating $2 Billion in Revenue | Eric Wiklendt Interview

Acquiring Minds · Mar 10, 2026 · 1h 11m

Mike Markus ( ⁠https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks with Eric Wiklendt of Speyside Equity ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericwiklendt/ ) about Eric's journey and how Speyside has built a highly operational lower-middle-market private equity firm with $937 million of assets under management, 38 total investments, 20 platform investments, operations across 19 countries, and portfolio companies generating approximately $2 billion in revenue.

Timestamps:

0:00 Why Eric loves messy manufacturing deals

1:40 From Detroit operator to private equity investor

4:58 Building Speyside: Fund I, the…