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Dr. Frixmon Michael, DBA, MBA, EA

Serial Entrepreneur | Fractional CFO |
Leadership Coach | Strategic Consultant

Dr. Frixmon Michael is Founder and President of Founders Forge and Co-Founder and President of Avant Group of Companies. His cross-sector experience spans financial services, tax, healthcare, consulting, hospitality, insurance, real estate, and wholesale and retail enterprises.

He achieved financial independence within ten years in the United States and developed IBEX to share the entrepreneurial principles behind that journey. His work connects business growth with cash-flow discipline, leadership capability, and long-term value creation.

Experience that connects
strategy with operations

Through Avant Group, Dr. Michael provides strategic leadership across diversified business interests. As President of Avant Tax, he works with entrepreneurs, executives, high-income households, and closely held businesses on strategic tax matters.

His prior experience includes financial-services management at Muthoot Bankers, nonprofit leadership as Chief Executive Officer of Acharya Sudarshan Foundation in India, and healthcare operations experience at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

His Fractional CFO work supports startups, growing businesses, established enterprises, and ETA leaders. Areas of focus include financial forecasting, cash-flow management, performance measurement, financing readiness, acquisition preparation, and exit planning.

Education and professional development

His international perspective spans the United States, UAE, and India. Through Founders Forge, he seeks to help thousands of people build the knowledge and capability to pursue financial independence through entrepreneurship.

  • Doctor of Business Administration, California Southern University, 2026.
  • Master of Business Administration, Indian Institute of Business Management, India, 1995.
  • CoachRICE Leadership Coach Program, Rice University / Doerr Institute, 2025.
  • Certified Mentor, SBA SCORE, 2024.
  • Enrolled Agent, a federally authorized tax practitioner credential.

What the evidence allows us to say

Entrepreneurship can create substantial wealth and may accelerate financial independence for successful owners. The sources above do not provide a valid general estimate of years to independence for entrepreneurs versus employees. IBEX’s ten-year ambition draws on Dr. Michael’s experience, not a research-established outcome or an independently validated success rate.

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