A family-owned acquisition vehicle buying good companies from great founders and holding them for decades.
We use AI agents for the analytical and back-office work that would normally sit with junior staff. Leaner cost structure, faster diligence, more time on what matters: sellers, operators, and the businesses themselves.
Fully self-funded off our own balance sheet. No fund clock, no pressure to exit on someone else's timeline. The freedom to pass on deals that pencil for a fund but not for a long-term owner.
Closer to the Buffett playbook than the PE one. We're not in the business of flips. We buy once, operate well, and hold. building value quarter by quarter over a 50-year horizon.
The wave of retiring SMB owners has never been larger. These are 20 to 50-year-old businesses with tenured teams and strong reputations. Their founders deserve a buyer who will respect what they built, not strip it for parts.
We focus on home services, residential construction, underground utilities, and adjacent trades across Southwest Florida. Businesses with recurring demand, durable customer relationships, and operators worth partnering with for the long term.
When we acquire, we step in as Operating Partner. We work alongside existing leadership through the transition, then step back once the business is stable and self-sufficient.
HVAC, plumbing, electrical, landscaping, and related trades with recurring residential demand and established customer bases.
Specialty fabrication, installation, and finishing trades serving the region's active new construction and renovation market.
Horizontal directional drilling, trenchless installation, conduit and fiber boring. The invisible infrastructure enabling the region's growth. Non-discretionary, contracted, and deeply defensible.
Grid contractors, substation services, transmission and distribution work. Essential infrastructure trades with long-cycle contracts and high barriers to entry.
Complementary businesses that fit the operating model. Essential services, local moats, and owner-operators ready for a transition.
A growing market we know well and can operate in with a genuine local presence. An infrastructure buildout cycle with decades left to run.
Ben Adair is an entrepreneur and operator with a background in M&A and technology consulting. After years building expertise in deal structuring, financial modeling, and enterprise software, he stepped away from the corporate track to pursue something longer-term. Acquiring and operating businesses he believes in.
He founded Silver Run Holdings, a family-owned, perpetual acquisition vehicle focused on Southwest Florida's essential trades and infrastructure businesses. The thesis is straightforward: buy good companies from founders ready to retire, treat their teams well, and hold for decades. No fund clock, no LP pressure, no exit agenda.
If you're a Southwest Florida business owner thinking about a transition, a broker with deal flow, or someone walking a similar path. Reach out directly.