Founded in 1954, the Association for Corporate Growth, Inc. (www.acg.org) is the premier global association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions. Today ACG stands at over 12,000 members from corporations, private equity, finance, and professional service firms representing Fortune 500, Fortune1000, FTSE 100, and mid-market companies in 53 chapters in North America and Europe. Leaders in corporations, private equity, finance, and professional service firms focused on building value in their organizations belong to ACG. They recognize the multiple benefits of networking within an influential community of executives growing public and private companies worldwide.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND NETWORKING
InterGrowth ® Annual Conference
ACG's InterGrowth Conference has consistently provided a sampling of the finest business minds in an environment that encourages the exchange of ideas through panels and keynote speakers. ACG invites its members and other guests to take advantage of the rare opportunity for informal deal exchange and networking with more than 2,000 leading international corporate growth professionals. Attendees concur that more deals and deal possibilities are struck at this conference than at any other convention of its kind in the world!
Chapter Programs
A primary benefit of membership, chapter meetings provide multiple chances to meet local people of similar professional interests. Chapters also offer other enrichment: regional conferences, social outings, ACG's Capital Connection™ (a marketplace for private equity professionals and intermediaries) and other events that facilitate networking and collaboration.
ACG's Monthly Publication - Mergers and Acquisitions: The Dealmaker's Journal
Mergers and Acquisitions: The Dealmaker's Journal is ACG's official monthly newsletter providing coverage and analysis of key deals and influential developments in the M&A field, featuring articles and columns written by ACG members, and other leading experts. ACG's Monthly E-Newsletter - Achieving Corporate Growth
Achieving Corporate Growth is ACG's monthly e-newsletter that highlights several ACG news items and member initiatives. ACG Weekly E-Newsletter - Merger Mogul Merger Mogul is a free, opt-in e-newsletter that provides expert commentary, analysis and news on corporate and private equity-backed mergers and acquisitions, focusing primarily on middle market deals, people and transactions. Distributed on Tuesday mornings, Merger Mogul features news from several publications with SourceMedia, including Mergers & Acquisitions, and is sponsored by the Association for Corporate Growth.
ONLINE RESOURCES
Member Directory
The only resource of its kind, the ACG online Member Directory contains contact information for more than 12,000 professionals in corporate growth and mergers and acquisitions. A comprehensive database of contact information, the Member Directory allows you to search for members by any one or more of the following:
Events Calendars
ACG's national site calendar will take you to a comprehensive database of ACG chapter meetings, conferences, workshops, and networking events, the only site within or without the ACG community to do so. And now the selection process is more sophisticated and better for the member: choose from three comprehensive calendars: All ACG events, North American events, and International events.
ACG CapitalLinkSM
Online Store
Many advertising opportunities await you with ACG ACG offers you direct contact with one of the most influential buying groups in the corporate growth sector today.
This high-profile association has 12,000 members, including executives throughout North America, the U.K., France, Austria and the Netherlands, heavily concentrated in the key markets of Boston, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Toronto, Washington D.C., and the Southeast.
Four characteristics of ACG buyers stand out. They are:
ACG members are sophisticated buyers who continually hunt for new opportunities to create business deals. They are keenly interested in and need your services.