About Us
Serving successful business owners in selling their company at a premium price!
Have you built a business with a revenue between 2MM – 50MM and are ready to retire or transfer your company?
BEST EXIT specializes in supporting you in achieving your transition goals, from valuing your company to creating your best exit strategy to selling your business at the best possible price.
Give us a call to schedule a complimentary BEST EXIT consultation today!
Lutz Lehmann, Founder
“The best way to describe the experience of working with Lutz Lehmann is TRUST. Thanks to him, we are now living our life as we dreamed for a long time.”
Why Work With Us?
Most people plan their personal life by investing in a life insurance, a retirement plan, an estate plan, etc.
Planning ahead in business is even more important. After building your company for many years, an exit plan provides you with a maximum return on your lifetime hard work and ensures your legacy continues.
Contact us below to find out how to start your individual business exit!
“With Best Exit we sold our company in less than four months!”
Meet the Team
The Best Exit team comprises experienced business specialists, long-term coaches, and sophisticated sales & marketing strategists.
Lutz Lehmann
Founder & CEO
Lutz has more than 25 years of experience in international business consulting, business development, and strategic exit planning. He worked as CEO and COO in a variety of companies in industries such as electronics, telecommunication, and automotive.
Lutz has a track record of designing scientifically proven growth and organizational change solutions that are strategic, sustainable, and align with a company’s strategy and processes.
For more than a decade, Lutz has successfully established European-based companies in the USA and worked with Private Equity and Venture Capital firms on international and domestic merger & acquisition projects. He is a certified exit planning advisor (CEPA).
Karin Lehmann
Co-Founder & Coach
As an international business consultant and high-performance leadership coach, Karin has worked with executives and entrepreneurs in Europe, South America, and the US for more than 28 years. Some of her corporate clients are leaders from companies such as Saint John’s Health Center, Whole Foods, Sprint PCS, Cisco, Shell Oil, Paramount, and Sony Pictures.
Karin conducts workshops on leadership, communication & team-building, and diversity. Recognized as an expert in her field for her ability to laser in on a person’s unique qualities & desires, she works with business owners helping them to create and implement their post-exit vision.
Karin is the author of “Alive: A Practical Guide to Get Out of Your Head and into Your Heart.”
Tom Reynolds
Fractional CMO
Tom is a marketing leader with CEO experience. He has owned and run manufacturing, software development, and startup companies. Tom, a Stanford grad, helps companies uncork marketing bottlenecks and deliver focused profit-driven strategies. His strengths are persistence and sales creativity.
Tom balances marketing strategy with sales tactics, which he calls sMarketing or Marketing Smart. As a Fractional CMO, he gets sales and marketing on the same page. Tom believes everyone in a company is responsible for sales. He can help manage in-house marketing teams or outside agencies. He saves busy executives’ time by providing hands-on support with a talented US-based digital and traditional virtual marketing team.
Paul A. Raggio
Exit Strategist
Paul is a retired Army Colonel, former CEO, and Business Unit President specializing in leadership and best business practices. He is a highly skilled business advisor with a proven track record of helping business owners and their teams scale their companies and increase profitability through strategic planning, operations management, business development, budgeting, financial forecasting, and personnel development.
At Best Exit, Paul is an expert in guiding business owners toward a successful exit. He works collaboratively with the owner and their team to create a comprehensive strategy that ensures maximum productivity and profitability, ultimately positioning the company for an optimal valuation at the time of exit.