Owner states he would never sell his HVAC business to private equity

Bryan Orr says outside investors buy or invest in home-services businesses to make money and explicitly states he would not sell his own business at any price, urging other owners not to give up control to PE.

“if you're one of the ones who sends me the email, stop it, I'm not selling. Just not, I don't care. You could offer me a billion dollars, I wouldn't sell.”

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