About Us

Meet the Partners


Patrick Carroll

Patrick Carroll  upon graduating from the University of New Hampshire in 1963 with a BS degree in business management took a position of Operations Director of a small restaurant chain in Maine and grew it to a 21 unit chain throughout New England.

In 1973 he took a position in Michigan as Vice President of Operations of a 62 unit Convenience Store chain called Open Pantry. In 1977 he bought 9 Open Pantry stores in Mass and built three more stores in Michigan.  In 1980 he sold his stores to a national Chain and took a position with an International Business Brokerage called Corporate Investment International as an Independent Contractor.  

In 1983 he started his own M&A company in Louisville KY and the rest is History.

Bill Tidd

After graduating from the University of Georgia in 1965 with a B.S. in marketing and finance. Bill spent the next eight years in the corporate world.  He worked for General Electric Credit Corporation, Atlanta Georgia; Coca- Cola Export, Sydney, Australia; Alcon Laboratories, Cincinnati, Ohio.

In 1973, Bill started up the following companies:  LawnBuilders 1973-1996… sold to Tru Green Corporation in 1996.  Tel-A-Sell,  business to business Telemarketing Company.  Purchased By an individual in 2002.  Owner of American Village Apartments sold to a private company in 2001.

Became affiliated with Carroll and Company in 1997 and now presently a partner with Pat Carroll.