09/03/2026
The Boomer business bubble is approaching its breaking point.
More than half of privately held businesses with employees are owned by people over 55. Approximately 75% of business owners intend to transition within the next ten years.
Many of their children do not want the business.
Their CPAs already know this. They know which owners have created an exceptional living from their business without building the systems, accountability, and infrastructure required for transition.
This is not merely an exit-planning problem. It’s a looming liquidation problem.
Without sufficient preparation, some owners expecting an exit multiple will receive little more than the value of their equipment, inventory, real estate, or customer list.
The question financial professionals should be asking is not simply:
“Who can sell this company?”
It is: “Is there still enough time to make this company transferable?”
That is the upstream space Hughes Enterprise Engineering™ was created to address: helping owners reduce owner dependency and build the human-capital architecture needed to make the enterprise visible, measurable, and transferable before a transaction begins.
How many profitable clients do you advise that may not be transferable without the current owner?
