I own and run two businesses in the rental industry: Encore Event Rentals, a regional event rental operation in Shreveport, and Sater Advisory, an M&A practice focused exclusively on rental industry owners across the country.

The rental industry has been my whole career. The Sater family has operated in Shreveport since 1983, originally as a Taylor Rental Center franchise, where I worked nearly every job in the building from washing tent tops as a kid to driving delivery trucks at 16 to managing operations by my twenties. After the University of Texas, I returned home in 2008 to lead the part of the business that remained, the tent and event side, and in 2011 we relaunched it as Encore Event Rentals. I still own and lead Encore today.

Since 2018, alongside running Encore, I have worked as a business broker and M&A advisor, valuing, analyzing, and selling privately held companies. That work has taken me inside hundreds of small businesses, and it is the foundation for what Sater Advisory offers now: an M&A practice for rental industry owners, led by someone who actually runs one. Most advisors learn this industry from a pitch deck. I learned it on the yard, behind the counter, and in the warehouse.

I hold an MBA and earned the Certified Business Intermediary (CBI) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA) designations along the way. Louisiana licensed real estate agent.

If you own a rental business and are thinking about an exit, want a real number on what your company is worth today, or are exploring an Encore Event Rentals franchise opportunity, reach out. A confidential, no-obligation conversation is the easiest place to start.

318.525.7349 chris@sateradvisory.com sateradvisory.com

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