CPA & Strategic Business Advisor. Trusted Partner for Owners in Transition.
Thomas Gaudet is a Certified Public Accountant and strategic business advisor with nearly two decades of experience spanning financial leadership, private equity environments, and hands-on entrepreneurship. As a Business Broker with Murphy Business and partner alongside Hal Feder, Thomas helps owners translate complex financial data into clear, actionable decisions. He brings both the analytical rigor of a CPA and the firsthand perspective of someone who has personally started, acquired, operated, and sold his own businesses.
Thomas began his career in audit at PricewaterhouseCoopers and went on to serve in financial leadership roles for multi-entity businesses with revenues ranging from $100 million to $18 billion, including Smithfield Foods and a private equity backed vegetation services company operating across 35+ states. His background includes US GAAP, IFRS, multi-currency consolidations, KPI development, budgeting, and building scalable financial infrastructure.
Beyond corporate finance, Thomas is an entrepreneur at heart. He is the co-founder and longtime CFO of Lawn Envy, owner of Hand-I-Maids, founder of Verity Advisory, and serves as advisor and CFO to Love Health DPC. Having sat on both sides of the transaction table, he brings invaluable empathy and insight to every engagement.
Thomas’s industry experience is broad and growing. It spans professional services (including accounting practices), restaurants and hospitality, move management and personal concierge services, manufacturing and specialty chemicals, distribution and retail, food production, landscaping, lawn care and vegetation management, utility infrastructure services, healthcare and concierge medicine, home services, and HVAC. As a hands-on DIY builder and maker, he also brings a working understanding of construction, fabrication, woodworking, and the trades. His intellectual curiosity and continuous-learning mindset mean he is comfortable taking on businesses across virtually any sector.
Thomas holds a BSBA in Accounting (Cum Laude) from Longwood University and completed graduate-level coursework in Finance and Real Estate at Virginia Commonwealth University. He resides in the Williamsburg, VA and Glenside, PA areas with his fiancée and four children.
Selling or buying a business is one of the most important decisions an owner will ever make. I treat every engagement with confidentiality, integrity, and a relentless focus on your best interests. You come first, always.
As a CPA with experience in everything from PwC audits to $18B multi-currency consolidations, I translate complex financials into the clear, defensible story buyers need to see and the clarity sellers need to make confident decisions.
Having started, scaled, acquired, and sold my own businesses, I understand what owners actually face day-to-day. I look beyond the spreadsheet to the operations, the team, and the legacy you've built.
From valuation through deal structure to closing, I bring rigor, patience, and a calm presence to negotiations, focused on a "win-win" outcome that protects your value and gets the deal done.
My work is built on long-term trust, not one-time transactions. Whether you're ready to exit now or just exploring what's possible, I'm here to help you think through it clearly, honestly, and on your timeline.
Business Broker | Murphy Business
Williamsburg, VA / Glenside, PA
