CT-NY distributorship acquired by veteran-owned business

A veteran-owned business has acquired the distributorship of Pella Windows & Doors serving Connecticut and parts of New York.

Yonah Group, led by Army veterans Michael Maniaci and Miles Kirwin, has acquired the business from longtime owner-operator Desmond Rea. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Pella CT-NY supplies and installs Pella products for homeowners, builders and architects across Connecticut and in New York’s Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties.

Yonah says it acquired the business through a search-fund model — raising money from investors to acquire and operate an existing small to medium-sized business.

The two principals met at the U.S. Army Ranger School. After their service, both went on to careers in the private sector, Maniaci as a building products investment banker at Credit Suisse and Raymond James, and Kirwin as a management consultant at Deloitte and chief of staff at a tech startup.