Manny Peñate brings a unique blend of entrepreneurial and corporate leadership experience and a broad advisory perspective as a senior executive in public, private, and private equity ownership structures. He founded and co-founded two highly successful firms that rose to the top in their industry and became highly profitable M&A transactions; a Fortune 100 company acquired one firm, and a PE group the other.
Manny is passionate about his business endeavors, and he attributes his success to the passion he puts into his work.
Examples include:
- Grew his self-funded medical aesthetics practice to the top 1% ranking in the US for Coolsculpting, resulting in an attractive PE acquisition.
- Became the EVP, COO, and founding member of a PE-backed industry-leading IT Services firm combining M&A and organic growth, resulting in an attractive acquisition by Manpower Group (NYSE: MAN), a Fortune 100.
- He led his US sales team from #29 to the #5 ranking PEO, resulting in a rewarding PE transaction.
- Oversaw a $2 Billion business development organization for Manpower Group, the same company that acquired an IT Services firm he co-founded with a small PE-backed leadership team.
Manny Peñate joined ERA as a Founding National Practice partner to pursue his next passion: to leverage ERA’s unique value proposition of partnering with organizations on a contingency basis to achieve maximum cost savings opportunities and value. With over 750 professionals across 50 countries worldwide, Manny is part of a powerful network that extends his ability to achieve results for his clients, while building lasting relationships built on trust and transparency.