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Matt O'Brien

Business Intermediary at Murphy Business

KY Website (502) 208-9325
Updated October 2026

About

Matt O'Brien is a Business Intermediary with Murphy Business in Louisville, Kentucky. He is a business owner who has been through both buy-side and sell-side transactions, several of them with Murphy Business, which is what led him to join the firm. He started in commercial insurance before turning to entrepreneurship, acquiring a trucking company with three employees and three trucks and growing it to almost 30 through organic growth and bolt-on acquisitions before exiting in 2021. In 2022 he acquired a niche commercial construction company that he leads as Chairman, with revenue up 75 percent in two and a half years. He is married to Jacquelyn, also a business owner through acquisition, and they have a daughter, Collins, and a son, Beckett, and follow Louisville Cardinals sports.

Who is a good fit for Matt O'Brien

  • Trucking and transportation company owners in Kentucky
  • Commercial construction business owners
  • Buyers pursuing acquisition entrepreneurship who want a broker who has done it

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He acquired a trucking company, grew it from three trucks to almost 30 with bolt-on acquisitions, and sold it in 2021; in 2022 he acquired a niche commercial construction company that he still leads as Chairman.

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