We Are Barney - creative thinkers relentlessly disrupting a tired industry.







Amanda Dixon
The Barney team mirrors the founders whom we help: hungry overachievers with a deep-rooted need to win.






Cally Carbone






Alex Cappelli






Molly McCartan
We share the same DNA: ambitious, hard-working, make-it-happen types who live for the big wins we get for our clients.






Clara Stedman
We're not typical, and neither are you. We're always looking to work with smart, interesting and forward-thinking people.






Liza Cohen
For us, it feels so energizing to work on something you care about, with people you enjoy spending time with.






Mathew Cybul






Ben Engvall






Lauren Dolik






Ashley Kaika
We believe work is more than a list of to-dos. Work for us empowers a better life.






Emily Zekonis
We believe that relentless innovation is the most powerful force of success in an attention economy.






Samantha Kelly
We’re big enough to make an impact and small enough to actually pay attention to our clients. (Crazy, right?)






Emily Murphy






Jake Rogers






Sophie Kaldenhoven






Henry Guida
My family is big and so is my love for it, Johnny Cash and Villanova basketball. My go-to’s include empathy, diligence, and spikeball in Central Park. I’m from Las Vegas, but I don’t count on luck for success — don’t wish for it, work for it!






Hannah Sibel
Taking care of our people is just as important as taking care of our clients.
How It All Started
We started Barney because we couldn’t find competent M&A advisors to sell our own agencies. They were either way too out-of-touch or had no understanding of the space. We fixed it.
Now we’ve expanded our playbook and will help hundreds of founders go through an exit this year.
How We Fixed It
We set out to build the best acquisition experience in the world, and we made it the core of what we do. Barney is now one of the leading boutique M&A advisory firms – with a database boasting more than 85,000 buyers; offices dotting the globe from Los Angeles to London; and a dynamic portfolio saturated in small and medium agency acquisitions. We have expanded our roots, while maintaining our core competencies as a true advisor dedicated to our client’s goals.


A Team of Trailblazers
The Barney Team mirrors the founders with whom we guide through this process: hungry overachievers with a deep-rooted need to win. Many come from humble backgrounds. Many formed or built companies of their own before joining Barney. Each shares the mindset of an entrepreneur, and knows what it means to walk that path.
A Better Experience
We are much more than a M&A partner that helps guide founders through exits when the timing is right for them. We are trail blazers and game changers, challenging ourselves to disrupt the way it’s always been done.

Our Clients
Since 2015, we've guided hundreds of agency leaders through acquisitions.
Candor
Social Supply Co.
Schiefer Chopshop
Espresso B2B Marketing
Highway 29 Creative
Big Footprint Digital
Barney in the press
The (media) worldis watching.
Who We Serve
No matter where you are in your transaction journey, we’re here to help.
Sellers
Unparalleled, real-world agency acumen, the largest pool of ready & willing buyers across the world and a uniquely effective approach to marketing.

Buyers
Scalable deal-flow & sourcing that allows buyers to leverage the experience, resources & man-power of our acquisition team to find the perfect acquisition.

Our Purpose
We’re on a mission to change the way you buy and sell agencies.
With a fire in our belly, marching to the beat of our own drum, we’re changing the way entrepreneurs buy and sell agencies.

Our Team
Feeling Inspired? Come Join Us.

We believe work is more than a desk or to-do list. We believe work can empower a better life. It feels so energizing to work on something you care about, with people you enjoy spending time with. That’s how we feel at Barney and it’s what we want to spark for entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey.