BIO
1985 to 2015 WALL STREET: As a business broker working with owners of privately held businesses in Connecticut, Alan Zinser brings valuation, structuring and transactional expertise from three decades on Wall Street. Alan began his career in corporate and investment banking in 1985. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President with HSBC and before that a Managing Director at Societe Generale. As a Series 7 licensed investment banker with SG Americans Securities LLC, Alan helped build out the bank’s Mergers & Acquisitions platform in the US by generating and executing engagements totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. Between 1998 and 2000, Alan was based in Mumbai India, serving as SG India’s Deputy Country Manager.
2015 to 2025 MURPHY: In 2015, Alan and his wife, Cynthia, returned to their hometown in NW Connecticut where Alan owned and operated Murphy Business Sales Connecticut, one of 250 offices that comprised North America’s largest business brokerage firm.
2025- CORNERSTONE: In 2025, Alan launched his own platform, Cornerstone Business Valuation & Brokerage. Connecticut’s unique business environment is best negotiated with local expertise and knowledge that can leverage on the region’s unique attributes, including its established manufacturing base, ample per-capita income and proximity to the New York and Boston markets.
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