The Origins and Future of a 9-Figure SMB Holdco

Acquiring Minds · May 18, 2026 · 1h 49m

Gant Elmore and Matt Moldenhauer each bought $2m businesses they built over years. Today their holdco does over $200m.

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Topics in Matt & Gant’s interview:

3 generations of acquisition entrepreneurs

Matt started as operator, became partner

Bain mentors warned Matt not to do ETA

Goal of owning 50 companies by 2050

Being the Ferrari in a price-competitive industry

Why they prefer holding to exiting

Challenge of giving control to an operator

Gant and his dad teach ETA together

War…