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Mike Adhikari is the principal liaison and professional for the Minnesota Business Valuation Group in Chicago. He is a seasoned professional and operates the office as the Illinois Business Valuation Group. Mike is also president and owner of Illinois Corporate Investments Inc. (ICI), a mid-market M&A Intermediary firm handling transactions valued between $1-100 Million, and is also president and owner of Adhikari International, Inc.
Adhikari International handles a product of which Mike is the developer: Business ValueXpress ™, a unique valuation and deal structure software that provides highly accurate results while reducing guesswork for enterprise valuation. MBVG is a distributor for Mike’s software, an arrangement that is unique. Other than MBVG, Adhikari distributes his software only through Adhikari International. On a separate page relating to Desktop Valuations, MBVG provides more description of this unique way to help you with your valuation needs.
Mike has more than 15 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions and 17 years of operating experience with a Fortune 500 company. Mike teaches at the Kellogg Business School of the Northwestern University in Chicago and he has three post-graduate degrees, including an MBA from the University of Chicago. His valuation work has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and US Congress.
Mike used an early version of BVXä to quantify reduction in valuation of small businesses due to 12/99 tax law change that repealed installment sale provision. The Wall Street Journal quoted this analysis and U.S. Congress used it during the hearings to reverse the tax law change. Mike worked actively with various organizations in Washington to help achieve reinstatement of the installment sale provision in 12/2000.
Previously, Mike has worked for a $400 million division of a Fortune 500 company manufacturing graphic arts equipment and supplies. He held various positions including Director of Marketing, Director of Strategic Planning, Director of Manufacturing and Manager of R&D. He has earned an MBA-Finance (1977, University of Chicago), an MS-Computers (1972, Cleveland State University), an MS-Mechanical Engineering (1970, Illinois Institute of Technology), and a BS-Mechanical Engineering (1968, India).
Since 1994, Mike has been teaching Mergers & Acquisitions, as a guest speaker, in the Entrepreneurial Finance class of the MBA program at the Kellogg Business School of the Northwestern University. This class has been ranked in the "Top 12" in the country by Business Week magazine.
You can contact Mike at his email address.
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