Fresh out of UCLA in 2021 with a degree in business economics, Tom McClain was eager to enter the world of private equity. However, after a few years of putting in long hours managing money for others, he yearned for a stronger connection between his efforts and the customers he served.In 2024, he made two commitments to himself — to buy a business and move to San Diego, a city where friends and family members lived.“I wanted to get into a business that sounds boring at a dinner party, and something that’s not going to get disrupted by AI,” McClain
