You don't want to advise the CEO.
You want to be one.
A real seat, on day one — not in year ten.
Ruddify is built for MBA and EMBA candidates who are operators at heart. We recruit, screen, train, and back you to acquire a durable business you'll run as CEO.
Operators, not optimizers.
- MBA or EMBA candidate in their final year (or strong equivalent operating experience)
- 5–15 years of work history — military, operations, sales leadership, P&L ownership all welcome
- Comfortable in a sub-$10M business, in a non-glamorous industry, in a non-coastal city
- Long horizon — you want to own and run something for a decade, not flip it in two
- Bias to action, calm under ambiguity, intellectually honest about what you don't know
The Ruddify program, end to end.
Operator training
A 12-week practical curriculum: diligence, deal structuring, SBA financing, and the first 100 days as CEO.
Deal sourcing
Access to our pipeline of owner-operated service businesses, plus the broker network we've cultivated.
Down payment funding
For qualified candidates, Ruddify funds the equity check alongside SBA-backed acquisition debt.
Post-close support
Operating playbooks, a peer cohort of new CEOs who you can actually call on a Tuesday at 9 p.m.
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.
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