Don Holbrook

Managing Director

Don Holbrook is an experienced professional based in Dana Point, California. Specializing in the tech services industry as a sell-side investment banker, Don brings extensive expertise in advising clients on mergers, acquisitions, and capital-raising transactions. With a deep understanding of market trends and financial strategies, he delivers tailored solutions to maximize client value in complex deals.

Value to clients

  • Combine deep sector expertise with strategic financial acumen
  • Ensure clients achieve optimal outcomes in complex transactions
  • Position clients to maximize value and attract the right buyers and investors

Experience

Don Holbrook is a seasoned sell-side investment banker with over 30 years of experience specializing in the tech services industry, based in Orange County, California. As Managing Director at Citizens M&A Advisory since March 2019, Don has spent over six years delivering strategic market insights and driving exceptional outcomes for clients in middle-market mergers, acquisitions, and capital-raising transactions. His expertise is focused in tech services, where he leverages deep knowledge of market trends and financial strategies to maximize client value.

Prior to this, Don served as a Managing Director at Bowstring Advisors from February 2009 to March 2019. Over his decade-long tenure, he advised high-performing companies in Tech Services. At Bowstring, Don contributed to the firm's reputation as one of the fastest-growing M&A advisors in the U.S., combining sector intelligence with a client-focused approach to unlock true value for clients.

Other things about Don

  • Lives in Dana Point, California with his wife Erica and two dogs - Ruby and Hazel. They have a 20-year-old daughter who is a junior at Belmont University where she is a music business major
  • His two favorite hobbies in the world are boating and golf
  • Born and raised in Maine