{"podcast":{"title":"The Buyout Show with Fexingo: Private Equity, Roll-Ups, and Business Acquisitions","slug":"the-buyout-show-with-fexingo-private-equity-roll-ups-and-business-acquisitions-7871630","podcast_index_feed_id":7871630,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/the-buyout-show.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-buyout-show/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":122,"summary":"Lucas and Luna examine private equity through the lens of actual deals — roll-ups in HVAC, veterinary clinics, and funeral services; buy-and-build strategies; and the mechanics of leveraged buyouts. Each episode dissects a specific transaction, from sourcing to exit, using real numbers, term sheets, and public filings. The show serves founders weighing an offer, analysts building models, and investors tracking the industry. Expect critical discussions on valuation multiples, earnouts, debt covenants, and the cultural friction between PE operators and portfolio-company management. Lucas, a journalist with a decade covering dealmaking, guides the numbers; Luna, an engaged interlocutor, presses on execution risk and founder psychology. Together they ask: What separates a value-destroying roll-up from a platform that compounds for a decade? No hype, no jargon — just the tradecraft of buying and scaling businesses. #PrivateEquity #LBO #RollUp #BuyAndBuild #PE #DueDiligence #Valuation #MergersAndAcquisitions #FamilyBusinessExit #SearchFund #EBITDA #DealSourcing #SMB #BusinessAcquisition #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Finance #Podcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T04:18:12.773861+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buyout-show-with-fexingo-private-equity-roll-ups-and-business-acquisitions-7871630"},"episode":{"title":"How Private Equity Is Buying Up Freight Brokerages","slug":"how-private-equity-is-buying-up-freight-brokerages","published_at":"2026-06-12T04:35:52+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buyout-show-with-fexingo-private-equity-roll-ups-and-business-acquisitions-7871630/how-private-equity-is-buying-up-freight-brokerages","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buyout-show-with-fexingo-private-equity-roll-ups-and-business-acquisitions-7871630","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-buyout-show/episode-0046.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-buyout-show/episode-0046.mp3","summary":"Lucas and Luna dive into the quiet consolidation of the freight brokerage industry, where private equity firms are snapping up middlemen that match trucking capacity with shippers. They focus on the specific case of Echo Global Logistics, which was taken private by The Jordan Company in 2021 for $1.3 billion, and how PE is now targeting smaller brokerages with technology-driven roll-ups. Lucas explains the margin structure — brokerages typically keep 15 to 20 percent of the freight bill — and why scale matters in a fragmented market where the top 25 firms control only about 30 percent of the market. Luna pushes back on the value proposition: does consolidation actually improve efficiency for shippers, or just concentrate pricing power? They touch on the technology play — many PE buyers are betting that data and automation can squeeze out cost in a paper-heavy industry. The episode closes with a look at what happens when a roll-up hits capacity constraints. #PrivateEquity #FreightBrokerage #EchoGlobalLogistics #TheJordanCompany #Logistics #Trucking #RollUp #Consolidation #SupplyChain #MiddleMarket #PE #BusinessPodcast #FexingoBusiness #Buyout #MergersAndAcquisitions #Transportation #DataDriven #Automation Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Lucas and Luna dive into the quiet consolidation of the freight brokerage industry, where private equity firms are snapping up middlemen that match trucki…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":654,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-buyout-show-with-fexingo-private-equity-roll-ups-and-business-acquisitions-7871630/episodes/how-private-equity-is-buying-up-freight-brokerages/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buyout-show-with-fexingo-private-equity-roll-ups-and-business-acquisitions-7871630/how-private-equity-is-buying-up-freight-brokerages.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}