LOU SOKOLOVSKIY
CEO
OPUS Connect
Lou Sokolovskiy is a serial entrepreneur with extensive private equity transaction experience who is known for connecting leaders in the finance arena. He is the founder of multiple entrepreneurial ventures, including Opus Connect, a professional networking organization for M&A professionals.
Sokolovskiy invested $500 into founding Opus Connect and within three months he made his first hire. Opus Connect is now a seven-figure company with hundreds of members that facilitates thousands of deals. Sokolovskiy attributes his success to his resilient attitude (a silver lining of his challenging early years) and his desire to pay it forward. When COVID ransacked the world in 2020, many of Opus Connect’s competitors struggled and some even closed their doors for good. But Sokolovskiy was determined to succeed. Opus actually increased its revenues during the pandemic, grew its team, and boasted its highest revenue year ever in 2021.
