Eschbach Enterprises is a comprehensive business advisory consulting firm with expertise in helping you achieve your strategic goals and objectives. The firm’s extensive experience includes business brokerage services for business buyers, sellers, and franchises, as well commercial real estate services, insurance services, business expense reduction, and many additional services which help business owners grow to their maximum potential, or prepare for a planned exit.
Steven P. Eschbach, CBI, CFA, CFC, joined Transworld Business Advisors NorthStar in October 2024. He is a former President of Transworld Business Advisors of Naperville, IL, an office he owned/operated from August 2016 through February 2025.
Steve has over 40 years of mergers and acquisitions experience in various financial executive roles with both Fortune 1000 companies as well as an entrepreneur with business entities in a number of states. He has been involved in dozens of Main Street, Small- and Mid-Market and private/publicly traded transactions ranging in size from less than $100,000 to over $20 billion.
His expertise spans many industries, including but not limited to energy, healthcare, technology, retail, entertainment, manufacturing, restaurants, daycare centers, healthcare and construction. He has represented both sellers and buyers, building and enhancing relationships for optimum transaction value.
A Chartered Financial Analyst since 1989, Steve holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from the University of Connecticut and an MBA in Investment Finance from the University of Hartford. In addition to holding Minnesota, Illinois, and Connecticut real estate licenses, he is a registered business broker in Illinois, a licensed life and health insurance producer in Illinois, a Certified Business Intermediary through the International Business Brokers Association, and a Certified Franchise Consultant with the International Franchise Professionals Group.
Steve and his wife, Kathy, recently moved to Woodbury, MN 2025 after living in Naperville, IL since 2007. In his spare time, Steve enjoys golfing and spending time with his family that includes three adult children and nine grandchildren in both Minnesota and Connecticut.
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Sarah Tegeler is the manager of Eschbach Enterprises, Inc. (EE), a comprehensive business advisory firm focused on enhancing corporate value to take business owners to their next level of success. She has professional experience in sales, client relations, administration and is a certified Microsoft Office Associate. Sarah’s enthusiastic about the creative aspect of entrepreneurship. She admires the courage and perseverance it takes to own and operate a business, which is why she finds her current profession both rewarding and enjoyable. In her downtime, Sarah likes to bike ride, be outdoors, and spend time with her family.
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