Tom Kintis

Tom Kintis is the founder and President of CGK M&A Advisors, a Waukesha, Wisconsin–based boutique investment banking and M&A advisory firm he established in 2004. He brings more than 29 years of experience providing merger and acquisition, capital-sourcing, and general corporate advisory services to clients, with a particular emphasis on selling and arranging private-equity recapitalizations for established, privately-held middle-market businesses. He is a licensed CPA and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

Before founding CGK, Kintis led the mergers and acquisitions practice at a Milwaukee-based boutique investment banking firm. Earlier, he served as director of finance for Marquette University's award-winning Campus Circle redevelopment project, and earlier still worked at the Reinhart Boerner law firm, where he structured acquisitions and assisted clients with business planning and financing.

A distinguishing feature of his background is operating experience on his own account: Kintis has personally bought, started, and sold companies as an owner, which he positions as bringing real principal-side experience to the deals he advises on. He is active in industry and community leadership, serving on corporate and nonprofit boards, including involvement with the Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries (MBBI) organization.

Note on classification: The known stub described Tom Kintis as an "Angel Investor" focused on "Seed Round" deals. Public sources consistently describe him instead as an M&A advisor and investment banker to established middle-market companies. No evidence of seed-stage angel investing was found; the profile below reflects the verified M&A advisory reality.

• Advises (rather than writes seed checks for) established, privately-held, small-to-mid-size companies — businesses with operating history and cash flow, not early-stage startups.
• Core services: sell-side M&A, buy-side M&A, business valuations, capital sourcing, and private-equity recapitalizations for owners seeking liquidity or growth capital.
• Brings a CPA and operator lens — having personally bought, built, and sold companies — which he frames as understanding the deal from the owner's seat.
• Sector-agnostic within the middle market; the firm's track record centers on helping small-to-mid-size business owners through ownership transitions.

No publicly disclosed angel/venture portfolio companies were found, consistent with CGK being an M&A advisory firm rather than an investment fund. CGK's work consists of confidential client engagements — sell-side and buy-side M&A transactions, valuations, and recapitalizations for privately-held middle-market companies — for which named, dated deal credits are not publicly listed on the firm's site.