Assets International grows asset recovery business, plans 2-4 hires

Assets International got its start when Neal Duchin's wife inherited some money and the Oakland County-based entrepreneur discovered just how hard it was to get what was rightfully theirs.

That journey led Duchin to start the recovery firm, quickly bringing on friends Avram Goldstein and Michael Zwick. Assets International specializes in helping people find the money and assets they are legally entitled to. The firm takes a small percentage of the resources recovered.

"There are people out there walking around with no idea they have this money," says Zwick, president of Assets International.

The Southfield-based firm now has 19 employees and a few independent contractors. It has steadily grown over its 10 years and expects to continue that ascent with a few more hires over the next year as it expands into class action litigation and oil and gas markets.

"We're pretty steadily growing at a rate of two people a year," Zwick says. "We have also steadily grown in revenue each year."

Source: Michael Zwick, president of Assets International
Writer: Jon Zemke

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