Ryan Drake-Lee
Transworld Business Advisors of San Francisco
License Number: 02229462
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Contact Broker
650 California Street Suite 700,
San Fransisco, California 94108
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Affiliated Broker
Cynthia Randall
About the Company
Transworld Business Advisors brings buyers and sellers together. We are the world leader in the marketing and sales of businesses and mergers and acquisitions. Adding value by assisting business owners in the confidential sale of their business. Through the process, we also assist entrepreneurs to find opportunities of business ownership through buying existing businesses or franchises. Transworld Business Advisors has assisted thousands of owners with the sale of their businesses domestically and internationally.
Broker Biography
Introduction
Ryan Drake-Lee has over 20 years of business and corporate strategy experience. Ryan developed his business and economics perspectives in various roles including management consulting, industrial manufacturing corporate strategy with a focus on sales & marketing, digital program management in the adtech ecosystem and litigation support consulting for complex Anti-Trust and Competition economic matters.
As an Engagement Manager for McKinsey & Company Ryan served multiple Consumer Packaged Goods clients in Product Strategy as well as Frontline Operations, with a focus on store operations for efficiency and maximizing value per square foot. Ryan has also served Telecommunications companies with a focus on Sales & Marketing in developing the first ‘triple play’ bundles and pioneered the Customer Lifetime Value (i.e., CLTV) concepts for customer valuation. Ryan also served clients in the Oil & Gas industry on Organizational Design and Structuring with a focus on operational risk and safety following a major environmental disaster in 2005.
Additionally, Ryan refined his executive business acumen as a Global Program Manager at Google, where he worked in a Strategy & Operations function in the mid-market Ads business of Google Customer Solutions, working cross-functionally globally to drive innovative Go-to-Market strategies for Google Sales Teams.
In addition to the above, Ryan has multiple years of experience as a Principal at Keystone Strategy, leading teams of Litigation Support consultants working at the direction of PhD level expert witnesses, at the request of external counsel on behalf of end clients pursuing litigation in Anti-Trust & Competition, complex Tax & Valuation, Intellectual Property and General Litigation matters.
Ryan earned Bachelors’ Degrees in both Economics and French Language from Morehouse College. Ryan holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of California at Berkeley, Haas School of Business.
Lastly, Ryan has traveled to over 45 countries, touching all continents except for Antarctica, which has deeply influenced his global perspectives on businesses and people.
Ryan was born and raised in San Francisco, California, where he resides with his family.
Services Provided
- Business Brokering
- Strategy & Operations Consulting Advice
- Due Diligence Quality of Earnings Analysis
- Small Business Owner Profiles for The Small Business Podcast hosted by RDL (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-drake-lee)
Areas Served
Licensed In
- California — License number 02229462
Business For Sale Listings
Cash Flow: $253,312
San Francisco Co., CA
View Details Profitable Wine Shop – Steal of deal from retiring long-timers
Transworld Business Advisors San Francisco Ryan Drake-Lee DRE # 02229462Long-standing community wine shop and liquor store in high foot-traffic retail corridor with built-in, loyal customer base and cash-flowing operations. Rare opportunity to acquire this straightforward business from elderly owners, who are retiring after 35 years of building a customer base that drives profitability. Significant opportunity to modernize and refresh the product selection to match current trends and consumption habits. Less
Ryan Drake-Lee has over 20 years of business and corporate strategy experience. Ryan developed his business and economics perspectives in various roles including management consulting, industrial manufacturing corporate strategy with a focus on sales & marketing, digital program management in the adtech ecosystem and litigation support consulting for complex Anti-Trust and Competition economic matters. As an Engagement Manager for McKinsey & Company Ryan served multiple Consumer Packaged Goods clients in Product Strategy as well as Frontline Operations, with a focus on store operations for efficiency and maximizing value per square foot. Ryan has also served Telecommunications companies with a focus on Sales & Marketing in developing the first ‘triple play’ bundles and pioneered the Customer Lifetime Value (i.e., CLTV) concepts for customer valuation. Ryan also served clients in the Oil & Gas industry on Organizational Design and Structuring with a focus on operational risk and safety following a major environmental disaster in 2005. Additionally, Ryan refined his executive business acumen as a Global Program Manager at Google, where he worked in a Strategy & Operations function in the mid-market Ads business of Google Customer Solutions, working cross-functionally globally to drive innovative Go-to-Market strategies for Google Sales Teams. In addition to the above, Ryan has multiple years of experience as a Principal at Keystone Strategy, leading teams of Litigation Support consultants working at the direction of PhD level expert witnesses, at the request of external counsel on behalf of end clients pursuing litigation in Anti-Trust & Competition, complex Tax & Valuation, Intellectual Property and General Litigation matters. Ryan earned Bachelors’ Degrees in both Economics and French Language from Morehouse College. Ryan holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of California at Berkeley, Haas School of Business. Lastly, Ryan has traveled to over 45 countries, touching all continents except for Antarctica, which has deeply influenced his global perspectives on businesses and people. Ryan was born and raised in San Francisco, California, where he resides with his family.
