Bio

Jay Aidikoff is the founder of Valufinder Group Inc., and the driving force behind the successful origination and facilitation of transactions exceeding $3.5 billion in value over a broad spectrum of industries. Jay's breadth of experience and industry knowledge have enabled him to build one of the leading buy side intermediary organizations in North America focusing on the middle market. The depth of Jay's expertise, spanning over 40 years and through all investment climates, has given him the ability to develop insightful and creative transaction solutions which take into consideration the personal and economic needs of both the owner and buyer/investor. Through Jay's unwavering leadership, Valufinder is sensitive and flexible to the needs of the ever changing market and continues to create new products and services accordingly. Jay founded Valufinder in 1979 following his investment-banking career in corporate development at Merrill Lynch, where he dealt with some of the largest private corporations in North America. Jay has written articles on corporate prospecting while at Merrill Lynch and for Deal Magazine. Jay has also participated on various panels concerning “best practices for creating proprietary deal flow” at ACG Intergrowth, ACG NY, and the Capital Roundtable. Jay is a graduate of American University.