William O. Inman
Partner, Focus, LLC

William O. Inman, a FOCUS Partner, has twenty-six years of experience in the merger, acquisition and capital raise advisory business. He has represented some of America’s most prominent family owned businesses ranging in value from $10 Million to $400 Million. He has initiated, negotiated and closed hundreds of transactions with a combined value in excess of $5 Billion.

Mr. Inman has served hundreds of clients in the soft drink bottling business in addition to having served clients in the retail, wholesale, medical device, distribution, manufacturing, software, food service, logistics, and personal service industries.

For ten years prior to joining FOCUS, Mr. Inman was Chairman of The Inman Company, a merchant banking firm he founded in 1995. From 1972 to 1979, Mr. Inman was associated with the Georgia CPA firm of Moore, Stephens & Tiller, LLC. and from 1979-1996 he served as a Principal and CEO of The Shircliff Group, a boutique firm serving the soft drink beverage industry.

Mr. Inman has served on the Board of Directors of several companies and is active in numerous philanthropic activities. He has lectured to professional, academic and executive groups on the subjects of mergers, acquisitions, taxation and growing shareholder value. He has been featured in The Florida Times Union and his articles have been published in Florida CEO He is a former member and Speaker for The Executive Committee (TEC), an international organization for CEO’s.

A native of Brunswick, Georgia, Mr. Inman attended the Georgia Institute of Technology and received a BBA in Accounting from Georgia State University in 1972.

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