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Christie Kerner

Business Broker at First Choice Business Brokers Phoenix NW

Peoria, AZ Website (623) 888-6190
Updated August 2026

About

Christie Kerner works with clients at First Choice Business Brokers Phoenix NW and holds Arizona license SA721474000. She advises sellers preparing for a transition and buyers searching for the right business. She helps clients evaluate decisions thoroughly and keeps transactions moving toward a close. She has spent more than three decades building, running, buying, and selling businesses. She is a multi-time founder with successful exits and has acquired businesses herself. She has served as a CEO, founder, and COO. She has partnered with founders and CEOs on operational scaling, acquisitions, funding rounds, and strategic buyouts. Outside work, she competes on an award-winning west coast swing dance team and sings in a cover band.

Who is a good fit for Christie Kerner

  • Founders preparing for an exit who want an advisor who has sold her own companies.
  • Buyers who want an advisor who has acquired businesses herself.
  • CEOs planning a strategic buyout or funding round alongside a sale.

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Christie Kerner has spent more than three decades building, running, buying, and selling businesses. She has served as a CEO, founder, and COO. She is a multi-time founder with successful exits, and she has acquired businesses herself. That experience gives her a view of a transaction from both sides of the table.

Christie Kerner has partnered with founders and CEOs on operational scaling and complex transactions. Those include acquisitions, funding rounds, and strategic buyouts. She works with sellers preparing to transition and buyers seeking the right business. She holds Arizona license SA721474000.

Christie Kerner helps clients think clearly and evaluate decisions thoroughly. She stays detail-oriented and organized so that transactions move forward. She treats a sale as one of the most significant financial moments in a client's life. She works to help them proceed with confidence.

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