Our Founders

Our expertise, uniqueness and relationships come from our team's extensive involvement in mergers and acquisitions as well as through previous management, buying and selling of their own companies.

Our founders, Michael Ryan and Eldar Causevic, continue to be actively involved in every project handled by Global Mergers and contribute the benefit of their vast experience to every deal.

 

Michael Ryan

Highlights:	Substantial M&A Expertise
	MBA, CPA
	Extensive Finance Experience
	20 years M&A Experience
	Fortune 100 Company VC Experience

Mr. Ryan has substantial expertise in corporate finance and investment banking within various industries.

Mr. Ryan has over twenty years of extensive experience representing business owners, officers and shareholders of privately held companies. He originally founded Global Mergers in 1991 and has previous experience in corporate venture capital at a Fortune 100 firm and in the entrepreneurial services division at a Big Four CPA firm.

Mr. Ryan has had experience in all types of transactions including; selling companies, acquisition searches, management buyouts, product licensing, business and product valuations, distressed companies, and raising expansion and venture capital.

Prior to forming Global Mergers Group, LLC, Mr. Ryan held a number of senior positions at the world headquarters, as well as in corporate venture capital, at Emerson, a Fortune 100 company.

He began his career in 1985 at Ernst & Young, a Big Four CPA firm in the entrepreneurial services division.

Mr. Ryan is a Certified Public Accountant. He has an MBA and BS degree in accounting from St. Louis University.

Eldar Causevic

Highlights:	Substantial M&A Expertise
	Electrical Engineer, MBA
	Extensive Operations Experience
	Adjunct Professor - M&A & Operations
	Holds Several Patents

Mr. Causevic has substantial experience in selling, funding and managing companies on behalf of his clients as well as own ventures. Mr. Causevic has assisted numerous organizations as an advisor from early stage startups to public conglomerates and Fortune 500 companies.

Prior to Global Mergers Group, Mr. Causevic's career included successfully starting and building several companies, including venture-funded Everest Company, as well as managing a line for a large public company. Mr. Causevic holds four technology patents.

In addition to his corporate work, Mr. Causevic is an adjunct professor at Washington University in St. Louis where he teaches M&A & Operations.

Mr. Causevic holds advisory positions with several prominent companies as well as a prominent business incubator.

Mr. Causevic earned his electrical engineering degree and his MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. Mr. Causevic is a frequent M&A and entrepreneurship guest speaker and a contributing writer within the industry.