John Leonetti

Pinnacle Equity Solutions, Inc.

For more than 30 years, John Leonetti has served as a principal, a manager, a transactional advisor, a legal advisor, and a financial advisor to privately held businesses, their owners, and their advisors. John brings an extensive education to the exit planning arena to go with his hands-on work experience.

Mr. Leonetti earned his Law Degree from Suffolk University and is a practicing attorney in the State of Massachusetts. Along with the Law Degree, he also completed a master’s degree in finance at Suffolk's Sawyer School of Management. His undergraduate work in Finance was completed at Providence College. He also created and still currently teaches portions of the market-leading Certified Business Exit Consultant, professional certification course offered through the International Exit Planning Association.

Mr. Leonetti is securities licensed, holding the Series 7, 79, 24, and 65. He has worked with hundreds of exit planning clients and sold dozens of private companies, ranging in size from $3mm to $80mm in value.

Academic achievements include teaching Retirement and Estate Planning courses at Suffolk University for those studying to earn the CFP®" certification and creating and teaching a 'first of its kind' Private Capital Markets course first offered in 2007 and still being taught today. In the Fall of 2008 Mr. Leonetti released his book, Exiting Your Business, Protecting Your Wealth: A Strategic Guide for Owners and Their Advisors. For fifteen years, the 6-step process inside this book has been the foundation of success for thousands of successful exit plans,