Max Prilutsky

Max Prilutsky is the founder and Managing Partner of Roadmap Advisors, a niche mergers and acquisitions firm serving family office, private equity, corporate and individual buyers who invest in privately-owned businesses. The firm partners with its clients to pursue thesis-driven investment strategies across various industries in the lower middle market.

During his career, Max has successfully started, advised, acquired and sold businesses across a broad range of sizes and industries.


Prior to Roadmap Advisors, Max was a partner of an investment partnership that focused on established companies with $5 million to $50 million in revenue in cause-driven sectors such as education & training; environmental, food & agricultural sustainability; and health & wellness. Prior to that, Max ran a consulting practice advising family offices, and was the co-founder of a venture-backed education technology start-up. Prior to that, he was a private equity investor with Gryphon Investors, where he pursued investments in healthcare, education and general industries, and was an investment banker in Merrill Lynch’s mergers & acquisitions practice, where he helped advise on M&A transactions between large, publicly-traded companies.

Max holds a bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from UCLA, and an MBA from The Wharton School.​