Building, Buying & Reinventing: The HomeX Journey
From leading and growing established businesses to pursuing acquisitions and founding HomeX to reimagine the home services industry, Michael Werner, Founder and CEO of HomeX, has built a career defined by transformation and an entrepreneurial mindset. The Dealmakers Hall of Famer shares the pivotal decisions, deals and lessons that have shaped his journey; what he’s learned about building and scaling businesses; and how innovation, technology and leadership are creating new opportunities for the next chapter of growth.
Moderator:
Chief Content Officer
Smart Business
Dustin is an award-winning business journalist, bestselling author, and the chief content officer of Smart Business. Over the past 30 years, he has interviewed thousands of business and civic leaders, and helped more than 50 CEOs and entrepreneurs transform their ideas into books. A trained investigative politics reporter and former digital media entrepreneur, Dustin joined Smart Business in 1997 after serving as an editor at several daily newspapers.
Panelists:
Founder & CEO
HomeX
Michael Werner is an entrepreneur who founded HomeX Group, a platform of tech-enabled home services contracting companies in the Northeast. He has also built and sold B2B and B2C SaaS businesses serving contractors and homeowners. Prior to founding HomeX, Michael was CEO of Globe Union Group and President of Werner Ladder, his family’s third-generation business. He began his career as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs.