Boutique investment banking · Healthcare

Fifty years inside healthcare, spent on one side of the table.

Paul Mudrick built and led 31 healthcare companies across three states, then spent 33 years helping other owners scale and sell theirs — 99 closed transactions, over $703 million in aggregate value. No website traffic, no social media. One advisor, one client at a time.

Central Companies: the 1942 Central Drug Store and the 1986 corporate headquarters, with the full list of portfolio companies
Central Companies, 1942–1986. Three states, 31 operating companies.
Transactions closed
99
Years advising owners
33
Aggregate value
$703M+
Companies built and led
31

Built before advised

Twenty-eight years of operating pharmacies, medical equipment, labs, home care and clinics — before ever advising on a transaction.

Sector expertise, deliberately hired

The marketing team included registered nurses and dietitians with direct patient experience, alongside business and science backgrounds.

One advisor, start to close

The person you meet is the person who negotiates, anticipates the bumps, and sits with you at closing.

“I see the 100, but I look at the 40.”

A phrase clients quote back years later — the habit of seeing the upside while protecting the downside.

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Named one of the 125 Heroes of Temple University School of Pharmacy, in celebration of the school’s 125th anniversary.