Billionaire Builds $7B Empire by Scaling Up Small Businesses

Justin Ishbia has built a $7 billion portfolio of over 1,000 small businesses like veterinary clinics and bakeries, generating huge returns for himself and investors.

His private equity firm, Shore Capital Partners, focuses on buying and consolidating mom-and-pop shops into larger chains.

Shore Capital's strategy is to invest in technology, equipment and management to rapidly expand the businesses without cutting services or jobs.

Ishbia credits his success to systematically implementing repeatable processes across very different types of small businesses.

Though less famous than his billionaire brother Mat Ishbia, Justin has quietly built one of the world's most successful micro-private equity firms.