Ed Bagdasarian is chief executive of Intrepid Investment Bankers, a Brentwood firm that specializes in helping sell or find financing for mid-sized companies. Bagdasarian and his partners founded the company in 2010, opting to start their own investment bank again after their last one — Barrington Associates — was acquired by Wells Fargo . He was hooked and, in 1989, joined Barrington Associates, a local firm focused exclusively on M&A. The giant San Francisco bank bought Barrington in 2006 in a deal that preserved the L.A. outfit’s autonomy. Now, business owners are more likely to look for an investment bank on their own and want bankers who have represented similar companies.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 23, 2018 18:00 UTC