A little about why ValuSource and how we’ve evolved over the last 40 years.
ValuSource has provided a majority of all valuation data and over 90% of all valuation software that is used by thousands of CPAs, valuators and financial professionals worldwide.
Both NACVA and ISBA use ValuSource products and data to train and certify professional valuators. ValuSource is also the exclusive provider of some of the industry’s most valuable valuation data.
After becoming the leader in business valuation software, John Wiley & Sons acquired ValuSource in 1994. In 2004, ValuSource was bought back from John Wiley & Sons.
ValuSource has worked closely with Microsoft to develop state-of-the-art products built around Microsoft Office. This gives ValuSource clients the best of both worlds: a comprehensive stand-alone-application that incorporates everything needed to perform business valuations, as well as the power and flexibility to customize formats, formulas and documents in Excel and Word.
ValuSource’s most important partnership is with National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA). NACVA is the largest business valuation association in the world. Founded in 1991, NACVA now has over 7,000 members and exclusively resells ValuSource software and data. NACVA also supports ValuSource through its conferences, catalogs and sales teams.
David Fein is an entrepreneur, world traveler and adventurer. At 16, he was the second-youngest person ever to set foot on the South Pole. To put himself through college, David started and ran a sailboat charter business.
At the age of 25, he fulfilled a long-time dream by sailing across the Pacific to Tahiti on a 34-foot sailboat. In 1986, after returning from Tahiti, he co-founded ValuSource and became its president, and shortly thereafter started Kids Express with his wife Michelle. Kids Express was an alternative K-9 school which focused on academic excellence, self-awareness, interpersonal communication, and personal responsibility.
Over the past 30 years, ValuSource has become the leading provider of business valuation software in the World. In 1994 David had sold ValuSource to the global publishing company John Wiley & Sons (JWS). Later it became clear that ValuSource needed its independence back in order to continue to prosper so David re-purchased the company.
Leveraging off ValuSource’s technology and partnerships, David acquired additional, related companies and has now positioned ValuSource as a global leader in business valuation software and data. David’s mission and focus have always been to cultivate both personal and professional excellence through the art of business. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and an MBA. You may reach him at 719-799-6025.
