Prior to joining Summit Acquisition Group, Mr. Kapteyn owned several companies in the horticultural industry.  In 1984 he purchased Holland Bulb Company, a wholesale/distributor of flowerbulbs and horticultural products throughout the northwest United States and became its President and sole owner.  He and three other regional flowerbulb firms then formed a national cooperative under the name Van Bloem Gardens in 1984.  In 1987 the four companies started a new venture called Van Bloem-USA in Georgia , which brought more efficient purchasing and lower production costs to the organization. 

Mr. Kapteyn then facilitated the merger of the Van Bloem cooperative into a single entity.  That complex deal, concluded in 1991, took 3 years to complete.  Other operations eventually included a Dutch production facility called Van Bloem- Holland, a European marketing company, Van Bloem- Europe, as well as a lawn and garden supply distributor in Oregon and a greenhouse in Georgia .  The company also had affiliated operations in Dallas , TX and Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada .

When the Van Bloem Gardens headquarters moved into a new, state-of-the-art, owner-occupied 117,000 S.F. facility in the suburbs of Atlanta , Mr. Kapteyn and his family moved from Oregon to Roswell , Georgia .  He became Chairman and C.E.O. of the combined organization at that time.  The Company was eventually sold in January 2001.  Revenues at the time exceeded $54M.

Mr. Kapteyn has real world experience dealing with issues faced by today’s business owners.  He has personal experience with sole proprietorships, partnerships, family members in the company, buy/sell agreements, acquisitions and divestitures, S and C corporations and exit strategies.  He understands what is involved with these issues and how they affect business owners.  Mr. Kapteyn has actively done merger and acquisition work for over 25 years.

He is married and has 3 children.  Mr. Kapteyn is also active in civic and charitable events.  He graduated with a BA in Business and Horticulture from Oregon State University .