About Waugh & Company, Inc

Bob Waugh

As president of Waugh & Company, Robert Waugh brings more than twenty-five years of business experience, including hotel ownership, manufacturing and international securities brokerage.

Prior to entering the field of business brokerage, mergers and acquisitions in 1994, Mr. Waugh spent fifteen years as a stock broker, portfolio manager and occasional investment banker, beginning with Merrill Lynch Canada and ending with a seven year stint at Burns Fry Ltd (now a subsidiary of The Bank of Montreal).

In addition to his own business, financial and investment skills, he maintains correspondent relationships with a number of professionals in the fields of law, accounting and business finance.

Bob Waugh is a member of Business Brokers of Florida (BBF). Mr. Waugh is a member of The International Business Brokers Association (IBBA), Business Brokers of Florida (BBF) and the Manatee Chamber of Commerce.

John Gough

Following 5 years at sea with the British Merchant Navy and the Royal Naval Reserve, John joined Lloyds of London where he enjoyed a lengthy and successful career as a reinsurance broker and underwriting member. During this period he owned his own broking companies which were successfully sold. Subsequently, John and his wife have owned two manufacturing businesses in the USA; one in the gift industry and the other in steel fabrication.

In 2000, after immigrating to the United States, Gough became involved in the business of mergers and acquisitions and business brokerage. John became a US citizen in 2009.

John is a member of Business Brokers of Florida (BBF)