Buying Machinery That Make MASSIVE Multi 7-Figure Net Profits | Ujwal Velagapudi

Ujwal and his VERY unsexy story on building a holding company which is on track to hit 8-figures in EBITDA. All while being just 32 yrs old, traveling the world and sometimes working 3-4 hrs a week. The crazy part – he built it with no prior PE or M&A experience. His secret to success: "Just go and do it. Have the ability to figure things out. That's all. That's the advice." We discuss: — How to save enough to buy a business — Funding for all of his transactions — Managing the company while traveling for 3 months — Doing everything alone, without outside help/assistance Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:21 - Ujwal's eatly days as an entrepreneur 00:04:37 - "I did absolutely everything I needed to. Myself!" 00:06:25 - Zero moments of doubt 00:07:50 - The story of the man who acquired Adidas 00:10:35 - Did Ujwal really go to the Rio Olympics 2016? 00:10:55 - Ujwal 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th acquisition (lessons from this) 00:17:55 - BIG QUESTION: How did Ujwal finance all the deals 00:23:45 - DD, Structure - How Ujwal himself figured it all out 00:26:50 - How to do something without prior experience 00:29:15 - You are capable of figuring things out 00:29:45 - Size of HoldCo today, how many machines, headcounts, etc. 00:34:10 - The day-to-day; sometimes working 3-4 hrs a week 00:38:45 - Where does most of the revenue come from 00:45:58 - The biggest challenges in this business 00:54:01 - How to achieve 8-fig EBITDA in 5 yrs 00:57:08 - We get personal - what excites Ujwal? 01:01:11 - Ujwal looks for significant other 01:01:23 - Best investment advice given by Ujwal Follow PrivatEquityGuy on Twitter: ⁠⁠https://Twitter.com/PrivatEquityGuy⁠⁠ Join HoldCo Builders weekly newsletter on finding deals, raising capital, and growing small niche manufacturing businesses: ⁠⁠https://privatequityguy.beehiiv.com/subscribe⁠⁠ Ujwal on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/UjwalVelagapudi⁠ This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions.