Merry Named One of Top Salespersons by Georgia Business Brokers
JEFFERY MERRY, Sr., M.B.A. J.D., owner and founder of the BUSINESS HOUSE, inc., in Gainesville, Ga., was among 17 members of the Georgia Association of Business Brokers (GABB) were named to the 2023 Million Dollar Club.
Mr. Merry, a past president of the GABB, had the state’s second-highest sales total, has been the GABB’s top producer many times and has been a part of the Million Dollar Club since its inception in 1999. Mr. Merry has been honored as a Silver Phoenix of the Million Dollar Club for achieving more than a million dollars in sales for more than 25 years.
The GABB Million Dollar Club awards recognizes professional Business Brokers for successfully
closing business acquisition transactions totaling one million dollars or more. The GABB has the only accredited real estate school in Georgia that focuses on business brokerage.
Mr. Merry is also a member of the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) and the Business Brokers of Florida Association.
For more than three decades, his firm has specialized in serving the manufacturing, distribution, technology, service, veterinary and medical industries. As a business intermediary, Certified Exit Planner, and consultant, Mr. Merry has been involved in mergers and acquisitions that have ranged in acquisition price from $60,000 to more than $15 million.
He is a member of the Advisory Board at the University of North Georgia and is a past adjunct instructor for their MBA program. Mr. Merry holds a bachelor’s degree from Mercer University in Macon, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Illinois Edwardsville, and a Juris Doctor degree from Atlanta Law School.
Mr. Merry is a licensed Real Estate Agent in several southeastern states, a Senior Business Analyst, and a member of the Exit Planning Institute.
The Georgia Association of Business Brokers (GABB) is the state’s only professional organization dedicated to buying and selling businesses and franchises. GABB broker members have represented thousands of business sellers and buyers, and the group has a dedicated membership of lenders, attorneys and other professionals to assist business buyers and sellers at every step of the process.
The GABB’s website lists hundreds of businesses and franchises for sale throughout Georgia in a variety of fields, including automotive, business services, child care, cleaning, construction, electronics equipment, fitness, flooring, floral, food, gas stations, landscaping, manufacturing, medical, shipping, restaurants, retail, security, signs, and businesses related to the internet.
