How do you maintain your independence when joining a private equity platform? This week, AmSpa founder and CEO, Alex R. Thiersch, JD, speaks with John Wheeler, CEO of Alpha Aesthetics Partners. They discuss recent private equity activity and how Wheeler’s experience with his family’s aesthetic business has helped him become the leader of a medical spa platform backed by Thurston Group. Their conversation includes:

• The current M&A landscape and how Alpha Aesthetics Partners is positioned;
• Wheeler’s journey from pastor to aesthetic marketer to platform CEO;
• About his family aesthetic business and his reasons for founding Alpha;
• How they retain brand identity and clinical autonomy with their partners;
• Why they don’t approach selling as an exit strategy;
• Guidance on navigating acquisitions, key questions to ask, and more!

Listen to our conversation with Melissa Rogne of Chapter Aesthetic Studio.

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