The Founder
Managing Partner, STILLRIDGE Business Partners — an operator and advisor to owners navigating the decisions that shape a company's future.
Biography
Rodney Kenner founded STILLRIDGE Business Partners after 12 years of building and leading companies from the inside. He has served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Managing Director of Strategic Equity Partnerships, and Director of Business Scaling — working across QSR franchise ownership, financial advisory, retail, software development, and commercial construction. That range gives him a practitioner's understanding of what it actually takes to grow a business without becoming its single point of failure.
That operating background shapes how he advises. He has sat in the owner's chair — carried payroll, made the hard calls, and lived with the consequences. It is why owners describe working with Rodney less like hiring a consultant and more like gaining a trusted partner who has been where they are.
Today he works directly with founder-led and privately held companies, helping owners strengthen leadership, build durable infrastructure, and prepare for whatever comes next — from scaling, to succession, to a well-timed exit.
"The strongest businesses aren't the ones that depend on their owner. They're the ones built to stand — and grow — beyond them."
— Rodney Kenner
Why Owners Call
When an owner realizes the company can't run for a week without them — and wants to change that.
Growth has plateaued, execution is inconsistent, and the old ways of working no longer scale.
The owner needs a team that owns outcomes — not one that waits to be told what to do.
Stepping back, bringing in the next generation, or preparing for an eventual sale.
An acquisition, a major hire, a restructuring — a call too consequential to make alone.
Someone who has operated a business and will tell them the truth, not just what they want to hear.
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