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In this talk, Cornell Business School lecturer and investor Bakari Akil breaks down how you can wealth faster—not by starting companies, but by buying a business that already works.
You'll learn how to:
Find companies for sale
Fund a deal without traditional capital
Take ownership without starting from scratch
This session introduces a creative playbook for business ownership that works anywhere in the world.
Bakari Akil
Investor | Lecturer
Bakari founded Graves Hall Capital to acquire companies.
In 2023 he acquired NYP Corp, a burlap bag manufacturing company in partnership with Granite Creek Partners, LLC, where he recruited the company's CEO and sits on the board of directors. In 2021, he executed the acquisition of an educational technology company with Iron Creek Partners, LLC.
Bakari has led corporate development and M&A at high-growth companies across engineering software, AI, and private equity, where he was responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and executing multi-million dollar acquisitions. He also teaches MBA candidates how to buy and build businesses as a visiting lecturer at Cornell’s Graduate School of Management.
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