Marcus Ricciani

Marcus has built his strategic advisory and investment career through trusted relationships with clients and colleagues. Most recently, Marcus served as Chief Development Officer of Veterinary Practice Partners where he focused on creating value through new partnerships with veterinary practice owners. Through 69 new partnerships across 90 hospitals, Marcus developed a consistent track record of improving practice profitability by executing hospital-specific strategies focused on key business pressure points and opportunities.

Key tenets of Marcus’ philosophy on the success of veterinary practice partnerships are that veterinarians should retain ownership in their practices, and he believes an entire team contributes to the success of a hospital. In creating and executing a value creation plan for veterinarian owners, a partnership should be a win-win-win for the veterinarian owner, the staff and PreSale Growth Partners.

Prior to focusing on the veterinary sector, Marcus spent 20+ years advising human health care services clients on organic and acquisition-driven growth strategies. When not focused on animal hospitals, Marcus spends time with his wife and three daughters and is likely coordinating hockey games, gymnastics meets and soccer games. Marcus resides in New Jersey, is a private pilot, and holds an MBA from Indiana University and a BBA from Stetson University.

Retain Control of Your Practice and Partner with Some of
Veterinary Medicine’s Most Successful Business Experts

  • We invest into the practice alongside you for 20%-40% ownership

  • You retain clinical independence and control of the practice

  • Together we define a plan to deliver improvements

  • We work to implement the plan to drive growth and profitability

  • When you decide to sell, we all benefit from the higher valuation

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Testimonials

  • - Marcy Hammerle, DVM, Diplomate, American Board of Veterinary Practitioners; former President of the Missouri VMA; former owner of The Pet Doctor

    “It's easy for someone to tell you that your practice could be more valuable, it's another for them to lay out a concrete path to actually realize it. Marcus looked at my two practices, saw the opportunities, and explained the steps we'd follow together as partners, in terms I could understand, to make it a reality.”

  • - Teresa Bradley Bays, DVM, CVA, DABVP (ECM), CVMMP, CTPEP, former owner Belton Animal Hospital and Exotic Care Center

    “We worked closely with Rich for years to improve our profitability by more efficiently scheduling our team and obtaining better pricing from our vendors.  Throughout the partnership, Rich listened to our concerns and earned the trust of our team and helped drive change by spending the time to explain the details.” 

Our Path to Partnership

  • Let’s Talk and Understand your Goals and Priorities

  • Review Your
    Practice

  • Create a Strategic Plan & Submit an Investment Proposal

  • Form a Partnership

  • Execute
    the Plan

  • Owner Veterinarian Decides the Timing of a Sale