{"id":1321,"date":"2023-09-15T11:14:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T15:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/?p=1321"},"modified":"2023-09-15T11:14:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T15:14:56","slug":"accountancy-alum-seals-plumbing-acquisition-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/2023\/09\/accountancy-alum-seals-plumbing-acquisition-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Accountancy Alum Seals Plumbing Acquisition Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>Miami accountancy and finance alum <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/aizik-zimerman-7a758963\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aizik Zimerman<\/a> &#8217;15, who recently completed an MBA at Chicago Booth&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/polsky.uchicago.edu\/programs-events\/entrepreneurship-through-acquisition\/\" target=\"_blank\">Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition<\/a> (ETA) program, became the first in this program to complete an acquisition of a business,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jblantonplumbing.com\/no-drip-club\/\">J. Blanton Plumbing<\/a>, while still enrolled as a full-time student. He recently graduated from the program and currently serves as Blanton&#8217;s CEO. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/polsky.uchicago.edu\/2023\/03\/06\/forget-the-exit-this-booth-eta-student-plans-to-hold-onto-his-newly-acquired-plumbing-company-for-the-long-haul\/\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> released by the University of Chicago details his interesting story as a first-generation college graduate from a Jewish immigrant family, what led to his decision to acquire a plumbing business, and the practical steps he took, including researching an acquisition target and raising the necessary funds. Aizik&#8217;s goal is &#8220;to build a $500 million company over 30 years,&#8221; according to the article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to Aizik on this new venture!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/files\/2023\/09\/image-1.png\" alt=\"Head shot of Aizik Zimerman\" class=\"wp-image-1326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/files\/2023\/09\/image-1.png 800w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/files\/2023\/09\/image-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/files\/2023\/09\/image-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/files\/2023\/09\/image-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/files\/2023\/09\/image-1-200x200.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami accountancy and finance alum Aizik Zimerman &#8217;15, who recently completed an MBA at Chicago Booth&#8217;s Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) program, became the first in this program to complete an acquisition of a business, J. Blanton Plumbing, while still enrolled as a full-time student. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2567,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni-updates","category-blog","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2567"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/doamu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}