Richard E. Gregerson
President
 Pasadena Office

Richard E. Gregerson is President of Janas Associates and Janas Consulting. He brings a track record of strategic and financial development of mid-sized businesses through acquisition and internal growth. His 30 years of experience has included finance and accounting as CFO and Investment Banking and Management Consulting. He also has managed award-winning manufacturing facilities, created successful startups and has directed a series of lucrative acquisitions. Dick has successfully competed in the cosmetics and beauty industry, automotive parts and accessories, industrial products, consumer products packaging, B2B e-commerce and advertising media.

During his 6-year career at Janas, Dick has directed a substantial number of consulting and Merger and Acquisition assignments. He has led transaction in medical manufacturing, petroleum distribution, specialty products manufacturing, auto parts manufacturing and distribution, among others.

Dick gained his post-MBA finance and acquisition training at W. R. Grace, specializing in consumer and automotive specialty businesses. At The Allen Group, an automotive and communications company, he mastered in-depth financial analysis, operations planning, international taxation and public reporting, and served in the Controllers Department and as Director of Planning.

As CFO of The Equion Corporation, Dick directed seven successful acquisitions that built the company into a highly profitable, $150 million multi-national. The shareholders earned $100 million in cash on sale from an initial investment of $1.3 million.

As CFO of Caliber Packaging, a $150 million national distributor of bottles, caps and closures, Dick oversaw two acquisitions before negotiating sale of the company.

Dick was a founder of two startup companies in the beauty industry. He leveraged Liquid U4ea into a revolutionary B2B education and product information interchange for the professional beauty market called Style U4ea.com.

Dick has a keen appreciation for the process of selling and buying businesses from the client perspective.  He holds a Bachelors degree from Yale and an MBA degree from the Tuck School at Dartmouth College.

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Dick has in depth of finance and financial modeling and the creative drive to think outside the box to structure deals that consistently provide expanded returns for stakeholders.

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