Become CEO
Through Acquisition.
Ruddify helps selected MBA and Executive MBA candidates acquire and operate durable, cash-flowing service businesses after graduation.
A Personal Note from Rohit
Why we’re building Ruddify — and why we wish someone had shown us this path sooner.
Ruddify was founded by Rohit and Kristi Chowdhury after acquiring 12+ businesses since 2020. We built this platform to show ambitious MBA candidates a credible path to business ownership after graduation.
A new path after business school.
Most MBAs are shown employment. We show you ownership.
Career services, on-campus recruiting, and alumni networks are built around the same three exits: consulting, banking, and product roles at large tech companies. They are good jobs — but they are jobs, not ownership.
Ruddify offers a structured alternative: acquire a durable, profitable service business and run it as CEO from day one. You skip the line, build real operating experience, and own meaningful equity in what you build.
We bring the playbook, the deal flow, the training, and the capital partners. You bring the conviction to lead.
Five steps from candidate to CEO.
- Step 1
Meet
Find us at MBA Veterans, NBMBAA, and partner conferences, or apply online.
- Step 2
Apply
Submit your application and our optional Operator Fit Assessment.
- Step 3
Interview
Speak with Rohit and Kristi about your goals, leadership, and fit.
- Step 4
Train
Work through our practical curriculum on diligence, financing, and the first 100 days.
- Step 5
Acquire
Close on a fitting business with down-payment support and SBA-backed financing.
AI-resistant service businesses.
Boring is beautiful. We focus on essential, recurring services that won't be disrupted by software — the businesses every city needs and every owner is preparing to retire from.
The kind of operator we look for.
How the deal can come together.
Most candidates can't write a seven-figure check on graduation day. Ruddify pairs its down-payment support with SBA-backed acquisition financing so that selected operators can step into majority ownership of a real business — without personal capital being the gating factor.
Illustrative only. Actual structure varies by deal, lender, and candidate qualification.
Rohit & Kristi Chowdhury.
Operators first. Investors second.
Rohit and Kristi have spent the last five years building a portfolio of owner-operated service businesses — buying them, running them, and growing them. Ruddify is the platform they wish had existed when they were starting out.
- HVAC service & install
- Commercial landscaping
- Residential plumbing
- Pool maintenance route
- Janitorial & facility services
- Specialty contracting
Apply to Become CEO Through Acquisition.
Steer. Acquire. Grow.