From Employee to Owner: How 6 Colleagues Transformed Their Career Path

“After building someone’s company for 16 years, we had nothing to show for it. So six of us made a bold move that changed everything.”

That’s how Kingsley Leung begins to share his unconventional path to business ownership on the latest episode of Serenity Now for Entrepreneurs.

Rather than rage-quitting or starting from scratch, Kingsley and his team engineered one of the most elegant business transitions we’ve heard. Their solution? Moving as a unified team of six to Agility Forex, negotiating not just jobs but ownership stakes.

The result? The original owners now call it “the best decision they could have made.” Talk about validation.

Key insights from Kingsley’s journey:

•     Why ‘buying in’ can be smarter than ‘starting up’

•     How a team transition can multiply your negotiating power

•     The importance of having growth-aligned vision between buyers and sellers

•     The power of bringing proven systems and expertise to the table

What’s fascinating is how they’ve since doubled their sales force and expanded across Canada, from Vancouver to Montreal.

For anyone thinking about business succession or transition, this episode is required listening. With 76% of Canadian businesses set to transition in the next decade, the timing couldn’t be better