Methuselah Advisors is an investment banking advisory firm focused on serving clients with exceptional and unbiased advice on strategic matters to create significant value for all stakeholders. We rely on a unique depth of industry knowledge as well as relationships built over more than 30 years to achieve the best outcome for our clients.
Methuselah’s goal is to provide strategic and financial advice to corporations, private founders & owners, shareholders, and Boards of Directors on transformative M&A transactions in light of changes in their respective industry and competitive landscape, evolving strategies, shareholder base, and capital structure.
Methuselah has also successfully raised private capital for growth companies in a wide range of industries and stages of development.
We act only in the best interests of our clients. We are free of conflicts from lending, underwriting, trading or sell-side research activities, and take pride in our reputation for providing exceptional advice.
Founder, Managing Principal
John Chachas is an American businessman and investment banker. He is the founder and managing principal of Methuselah Advisors. John has served as an advisor to media and digital companies. He advised the board on the $18 billion buyout of Clear Channel Communications, the Walt Disney Company on its 2006 sale of the ABC Radio business, and the Hearst Corporation on its go-private transaction of Hearst-Argyle Television in 2009, among others.
Since the formation of Methuselah, he has served as an advisor to several of the country’s largest media organizations, including Tribune Company throughout its bankruptcy from 2009 until its emergence in 2012. He advised E.W. Scripps on its purchase of ION Media in 2020 for $2.65bn.
Managing Principal
Louis G. Zachary, Jr. is a Managing Principal providing financial and strategic advice to media companies.
With over 30 years of investment banking experience advising companies in the media space, Mr. Zachary was formerly with Lazard Frères where he served as a Managing Director, Co-Head of TMT, and Senior Advisor at Lazard Frères. His experience includes origination and execution of a full spectrum of transactions for companies in the sector, including strategic advisory, M&A and capital raises.
Prior to his years at Lazard, Mr. Zachary was a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Media Group at Merrill Lynch and also at Credit Suisse First Boston. He is a graduate of Harvard College and received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Methuselah was founded on the principle that our clients would be better served by a smaller, focused group of highly experienced investment bankers. Larger investment banks are increasingly conflicted by institutional pressures from other businesses (capital markets, trading, sell-side research) and their own investing. As a result, their ability to deliver unbiased strategic advice has greatly diminished.
Deep Industry Knowledge
Our principals have worked in a variety of media, technology and industrial sectors for more than 30 years, giving us a unique ability to understand our clients’ businesses and their industries.
Independent, Unconflicted Advice
Methuselah is built on an ethos of straight-forward advice on timing, tactics and approach tailored to achieve our clients’ objectives without regard to other potentially conflicting banking activities.
Integrity and Trust
In every aspect of our business, we have endeavored to give the highest quality advice and often advise “Do Nothing” if it is in the best interest of our client.
Long-Term Focus
We think of our clients as partners with whom we are making a long-term commitment to protect their interests, information, and opportunities.
Positioned as Owners
Our bankers own our firm and can relate to our clients’ pressures.
Media, Content and Distribution
Television, Content Production, Radio, TV Broadcasting, Cable Networks, Newspapers, Magazines, Directories, Education, Information Services (including Healthcare), Advertising, Sports, Live Events, Talent Agencies.
Digital Industry
eCommerce, ePublishing, AR/VR, Lead Generation, Marketing Services.
Industrials
Aerospace & Defense, Capital Goods, Flow Control, Industrial Automation, and Materials.
