Denis O’Brien thinks the market is close enough to the top that selling your company for a large multiple makes sense. O’Brien made a video for the Entrepreneur of the Year competition, in which, about 17 minutes in, he said: “The markets are so hot, private equity is just so stuffed with cash that they are trying to buy businesses all over the world…[t]his is a time where people can sell their businesses at higher multiples than they ever expected., and you know I’m always a great believer if somebody gives you a big valuation of your business, take it…[i]f…
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