Corporate Consultants Inc.
Eric Petty
Eric Petty began working in the corporate mergers and acquisitions
field in 1984. Until 2003, he focused on telecommunications carrier
transactions, serving as Director of Corporate Development for a
telecom carrier that acquired 24 other carriers and as a consultant to
numerous clients.
Prior to forming Corporate Consultants, Eric was an business
intermediary in the Clearwater, Florida office of Sunbelt Business
Brokers. He received the office’s top sales awards for 2005 and
2006.
Eric’s career has also included owning four small businesses and
serving as a Minnesota Senator for six years. As a Senator, he was
the chief sponsor of legislation that included a rewriting of the State’s
corporation laws, Minnesota’s first interstate banking law, medical
malpractice insurance and litigation reform, and an updating of the
no-fault automobile insurance statutes.
Eric received his MBA degree in finance from the Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania. He holds a B.A. degree in political
science from Occidental College in Los Angeles.
Eric is a Certified Merger and Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA), a
Certified Public Accountant (CPA), and a Florida licensed real estate
broker. He is a member of the Alliance of Merger and Acquisition
Advisors, Business Brokers of Florida, and the Florida Institute of
Certified Public Accountants. He serves as an adjunct instructor in
accounting at St. Petersburg College.
Eric resides in Safety Harbor, Florida and has a son, John.

