Richard Sperber Joins American Operator on Landscape Succession Deals
LOS ANGELES – November 06, 2026 -- Landscape industry veteran Richard Sperber has partnered with Austin, Texas-based American Operator to steer independent landscape businesses into succession deals that keep them locally owned and operated.
Sperber to advise on deal sourcing as consolidation reshapes landscaping
Sperber will advise on buying and selling landscape businesses, identify acquisition opportunities and connect interested parties with American Operator. He helped grow his family's company, ValleyCrest, founded by his father Burt Sperber, into one of the nation's largest landscape services companies.
The partnership gives owners another succession route as industry consolidation continues. Sperber said small local businesses are often the toughest competitors in any market, but "too many are disappearing."