MURPHY BUSINESS SALES - Key Persons


Darrell "Gus" Gustaveson

Job Titles:
  • Business Transfer Expert, Adviser, Sales Associate
Darrell "Gus" Gustaveson has spent 30+ years preparing to be a business intermediary. His leadership positions across a variety of industries including Banking, Manufacturing, Consulting, and Finance, combined with experience as Principal and Executive in the sale and acquisitions of multiple businesses, ranging from Mainstreet to M&A transactions, enables Gus to be ready and able to serve as your business intermediary. Gus is the father of seven and grandfather of 11 and counting. He and his wife Terri live in Star, Idaho and love to travel, golf and fish.

David Choate

Job Titles:
  • CM and AP - Business Transfer Expert, Adviser, Associate Broker - Boise

Greg Binns

Job Titles:
  • Agent
  • Agent for Murphy Business in Southeastern Idaho
Greg Binns is an agent for Murphy Business in southeastern Idaho. Greg, along with his wife and two young children, are recent transplants to Idaho and are making the most of everything it has to offer. Prior to relocating to Idaho, Greg spent 15 years working in New York City as a Financial Broker in various capacities including: Foreign Exchange Options, Interest Rate Options, Futures and Interest Rate Swaps for companies including BGC (a division of Cantor Fitzgerald), Tullett/Icap, and Tradition Financial Services. Greg holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Colorado and is a licensed Real Estate Agent in Idaho. Outside of work, Greg enjoys skiing, trail running, mountain biking, long distance triathlon, golf, and getting his kids involved in every activity he can!

Ken Bohenek

Job Titles:
  • CMAP - Business Transfer Expert, Adviser, Owner - North Idaho

Kyle Hopstad

Job Titles:
  • CMEA - Business Transfer Specialist

Larry Halvorson, III

Job Titles:
  • Business Transfer Expert, Adviser, Sales Associate
Larry also served as President of both the Idaho Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors and the Financial Planning Association of Idaho. He has been a member of the Boise Estate Planning Council for over 30 years.

Leslie Major

Job Titles:
  • Business Transfer Expert, Adviser, Sales Associate

Neil Bradshaw

Job Titles:
  • Business Broker and Principal for MBFC of Southeast Idaho
  • Business Transfer Expert, Adviser, Owner - Southern Idaho
Neil Bradshaw is a Business Broker and Principal for MBFC of Southeast Idaho. Neil has more than 25 years of business experience in investment banking, project finance, equity analysis, business development and brand marketing. His business transaction experience ranges from the sale of utility projects to the sale of a consumer goods company. Prior to joining Murphy, Neil was part-owner of a branded consumer goods company that targeted the outdoor market. Neil managed the business development and international sales for the company until its successful sale to Newell Brands. Neil has lived in Idaho for more than 10 years. Prior to moving to Idaho, Neil lived in London where he was head of JP Morgan's Global Utilities Equity Research. Prior to this, Neil was a director at Fieldstone Private Capital Group, where he was responsible for the financing and development of electricity and gas projects. With Fieldstone, Neil was based in New York, then Kuala Lumpur, and finally Johannesburg. Neil started his career as a financial analyst for USL Capital in San Francisco where he specialized in the sale and leaseback of power projects. Neil holds a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacture and Management from Birmingham University, UK and received an MBA while on scholarship to the University of Kansas. Neil is a licensed real estate agent in the state of Idaho. When not working, Neil likes to ski the backcountry and climb the peaks of Idaho and beyond. Neil likes to golf when the snow has melted. Neil sits on various boards in his local community and is President of the Ketchum Innovation Centre, a non-profit dedicated to supporting and mentoring young entrepreneurs.

Sheila Spangler

Job Titles:
  • CBI - Business Transfer Expert, Adviser, Associate Broker - Boise

Tim Powell

Job Titles:
  • Business Transfer Expert, Business Broker, Sales Associate
Tim Powell spent twenty-five years in corporate America with Weyerhaeuser Company. He held leadership positions in a variety of disciplines including IT, Sales, Operations, Marketing and New Product Development. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington and a Master's in Business Administration from Pacific Lutheran University. He left Weyerhaeuser Company in 2011 and purchased a small business in the medical equipment field. In 2022 he sold that business and retired. Soon after that, he decided to get back to work and became a Business Broker and uses his experience to help other people sell and purchase businesses. Education M.B.A., Pacific Lutheran University B.A. Business Administration, University of Washington