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Danica Griffith
In PWD coverage since September 26, 2026 · 1 story
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The Close
Hightower split its growth unit. Verdence hired a piece of it.
The two-president structure was built to make Hightower's growth machine legible to a buyer — and legible to every consolidator hiring against it, which is a discount the next seller will have to price.