The Story of Deal Studio

For almost a century, our family has provided leading edge solutions for those in the brokerage industry. The timeline below outlines some of the key moments that have shaped our company’s longstanding history.

1929

The Tradition Begins
Russ Wright Sr. moves to California to start his business brokerage career. He opens The Wright Company.

1935

The Second Generation
Russ Wright Jr. moves to California to join his father to work at The Wright Company.

1963

The Third Generation
Tom West joins The Wright Company, marries Russ's daughter, Barbara, and continues the family tradition.

1979

Changing Coasts
The Wests move East to start VR Business Brokers having grown the UBI company to 54 offices across the West Coast.

1983

IBBA & BBP Born
Tom starts Business Brokerage Press (BBP) and becomes the founder and director of the International Business Brokerage Association.

1998

The Fourth Generation
Ron joins family business and becomes 4th generation to serve the business brokerage industry.

2002

BBP Goes Digital
WebRight launches as a service of BBP to develop websites under the leadership of Ron West.

2005

Making it Official
BBP Incorporates and Ron West becomes president of the corporation. DealTrax is launched as a deal management system for the business brokerage industry.

2011

A New Vision and Name
WebRight and DealTrax merge and become Deal Studio with the goal of offering industry specific marketing, CRM, and related services.

2017

Pulling it All Together
Deal Studio Platform Launches as "The Ultimate, One-Stop Platform for Business Intermediaries".

2019

New Vision after 20 Years
Deal Studio launches a new site and logo to coincide with a major announcement. After over 20 years of offering marketing, technology and systems to the industry, Deal Studio sets a new vision to best address client needs moving forward.
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