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“We knew we needed to keep Mark in the saddle,” adds Jensen. “Fortunately, Mark was in no hurry to rush off into the sunset, and has agreed to stay on board as GM for the next five years. But what we also needed was sta- bility in the team, and when Gary and I started formulating our offer, we knew we need to get the company’s Opera-
Jensen, the company’s new CEO. “At first, I was not sure I could make things work, as I needed some significant financial backing, but following a good conversation with my longtime friend Gary LeMaster, we were able to quite
quickly put together a deal that Mark and David liked the look of. We completed Due Diligence in November, and by the end of February this year, we were good to go.” Like any family business that gets acquired, transition and stability is key to ongoing success; Baysek was no dif- ferent.
tions Manager on board. So, we were delighted that Ryan Hetzel wanted to get involved within the new ownership structure — especially as, like me, his ancestors settled in the same Amherst, Wisconsin community as my family.” “I’ve been with Mark and his father in Baysek since the
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