About Us – Kirchner Group

Kirchner Group was founded in 1985 on two fundamental premises: every business can be improved and every business should improve the world.

Our proprietary platform is built on the premise that pairing deep domain (industry) expertise with process (operational understanding) experts provides superior results. Founded in 1985 Kirchner Group has developed into one of North America’s leading boutique merchant banks. In our capacity as advisors, partners, principals and agents, we work in conjunction with management and their investors. Today Kirchner Group operates various subsidiaries, providing advisory services (M&A, assessments, diligence) and operational support (interim management, workouts, turnarounds) as well as asset management (dedicated, underperforming funds) – all leveraging a proprietary approach that dovetails domain and process expertise.

Throughout the decades Kirchner Group has been internationally recognized for its unique business model centered around creating value while promoting values – “earning while returning”. The firm has also established a reputation for building and rebuilding important business and social paradigms in the context of sustainability, based on its deep entrepreneurial orientation.

The only reward for doing the right thing is knowing you did the right thing

Kirchner Group is a unique values-based corporate ecosystem maximizing individual and social benefit through our unwavering commitment to the thoughtful integration of ‘earning and returning’.

Proprietary domain and process approach

Kirchner Group has been providing traditional merchant banking services to some of the most promising entrepreneurs, fortune 500 companies and their investors. In addition, we manage assets for some of the largest insurance companies, commercial banks and institutional investors in the world. Everything we do and how we do it stems from an entrepreneurial culture built from real world experience.

Traditional merchant bank

Literally, merchant bankers are businessmen who become bankers. Historically, they were successful businessmen offering operational and transactional expertise, together with a deep knowledge of capital markets, to other business owners.

We believe that the foundation of merchant banking is a focus on relationships. The nature of the work and the key to success is the ability to function as a trusted, independent advisor, agent, partner, or principal. We believe and our success confirms that today, the early and mid-market businesses want what the 18th-century merchant bank pioneered.

A trusted, one-stop source for help in creating value

Kirchner Group’s clients and partners include early stage to mid-market companies, venture capital and private equity firms as well as family offices and some of the world’s largest insurance companies, commercial banks and institutional investors. Let our experience go to work for you.

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Values

Kirchner Group is guided by the following fundamental values.

Philanthropy

Giving back is something we feel strongly about. We are proud to support the Christopher Douglas Hidden Angel Foundation and the Hidden Angel Companion Pets.

Impact

We are driven by the belief that you can do good while doing well and are committed to impact activities such as impact investing through our Impact Foundation.

Community

Relationships are at the very core of our success. We proactively cultivate honest, positive and enduring relationships with our clients and stakeholders.

Respect

We are committed to treating everyone fairly and equitably – both our clients and our team.

Accountability

We feel an obligation to create value and be rewarded accordingly.

Integrity

We place our clients best interest before our own but will never waver from doing the right thing.

Excellence

Everything we do is measured against the highest standards and best practices.

Tradition

We have been in existence for more than 30 years and we value our heritage and success as a traditional merchant bank.

Commitment

We push ourselves extraordinarily hard to ensure that we fulfill and exceed our commitments.

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People

Founded in 1985 by W.B. Bud Kirchner, Kirchner Group is comprised of successful seasoned entrepreneurs, advisors and executives. We apply our operational, transactional and investment experience to address the unique needs of early and mid-stage companies and their investors. Kirchner Group has more than five centuries of collective experience. In addition to our numerous process experts we are unique in having numerous resident domain experts.

Team Members (alphabetical order):