John Johnson
John Johnson is a Principal at Eaton Square. He serves M&A clients by marshaling strong community, regional and national relationships combined with a rich professional background in business sales and purchases. John and his Oklahoma-based firm have managed projects for the owners of hundreds of private family and entrepreneurial businesses.
John C. Johnson is Managing Partner and Founder of IBG Business and Bluestem Resources Group, LLC (BluestemUSA), operating IBG’s Oklahoma office. Since 1987, John has provided strategic counsel, facilitated business mergers and acquisitions, and performed business valuations. He has spent nearly three decades as an M&A advisor, advocate and intermediary to business owners.
John’s career began as a roustabout at Amoco Production Company/Standard Oil of Indiana, then in operations research and in field offices while completing his Petroleum Engineering degree. He worked at Champlin Petroleum/Union Pacific Corporation as he earned his MBA at Texas Christian University. At two Fortune 100 companies – Standard of Indiana and Union Pacific – John held staff and management positions in strategy, business investment analysis, and mergers and acquisitions.
John’s expertise has been demonstrated through M&A professional certifications, as a court-appointed receiver, and as an expert in business valuation and petroleum property management. He has written and taught peers in M&A broker courses and has lectured on “best practices” expert panels.
Entrepreneurial/Industry Experience
John was raised in an entrepreneurial family and understands the sacrifices, stress, risks, and hard work business ownership brings to an owner and the owner’s family.
He is an experienced business owner. John owns and manages a land and cattle business with ranch lands, minerals, petroleum, and timber resources. John grew a startup petroleum gathering and distribution venture to a $12 million business before completing a strategic sale. He organized and manages properties for a group that bought distressed petroleum loans from the FDIC. He has bought and resold private businesses in manufacturing, business services, and oil processing.
John was born in Kansas and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His corporate career took him to Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, New York City, and back to Tulsa before he settled near his northeast Oklahoma ranch. In quiet times, Johns enjoys time with his wife, children and grandchildren as well as fishing, hunting, gardening, and working at their ranch.
• Oil & Gas Related
• Manufacturing
• Distribution
• Business Services
• Transportation