Austin Zhao Email Address

Senior Business Advisor

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Austin has over 3 decades of experience in business with an extensive background of international trade, business management and operation, real estate investment, mergers and Acquisitions. He has been an executive officer for several Chinese and U.S. companies and served on boards of several non-profit organizations. After joining Transworld Business Advisors at the end of 2015, Austin specializes in business sales, mergers and acquisitions, and business valuation. He is one of the top producers in Transworld Houston office. Professional Designations/Credentials: •Certified Business Intermediary (CBI) •Certified M&A Professional (CMAP) •M&A Master Intermediary (M&AMI) •Business Certified Appraiser (BCA) •Licensed Real Estate Agent in Texas Professional Achievements/Awards: •Executive Club Member Awarded by M&A SOURCE •Chairman’s Circle Awarded by International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) •Chairman’s Circle Awarded by Transworld Business Advisors (National) •#1 Top Producer of 2020 and #2 Top Producer of 2019 in Transworld Houston office Leadership Experience of Non-profit Organizations •Board Member and Current IConference Committee Chair of IBBA •Former Chairman of the Asian Chamber of Commerce (2016 -2017) •Founding board member of Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) Houston Chapter (2015 - 2019). •Completion of the leadership training program, “PROJECT BLUEPRINT, a blueprint for diversity in board leadership” provided by United Way of Greater Houston in 2015 •One of the eleven Board Directors of the Paraffin Wax Committee for China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters in 1995 and 1996. In addition, Austin is actively in serving in the Boy Scouts of America. He is a trained Assistant Scoutmaster and a merit badge counselor in several subjects. Austin Zhao was born and raised in Inner Mongolia in China. He began his import and export business career in Dalian after he earned a BA in Business Administration from Minzu University of China in Beijing in 1987. Then he moved to the U.S. in 1996 to pursue his business endeavors, and he has lived in Houston, Texas since then. Austin speaks Chinese, English, and basic Japanese, and has strong international background and extensive cross-cultural experience in communication between the West and the East.