About Us

We have sold and purchased hundreds of pharmacies over the past decade with satisfied sellers and buyers.  Hayslip & Zost Pharmacy Brokers and its staff have more than 50 years of pharmacy expertise in all segments of the business.

Hayslip & Zost Pharmacy Brokers LLC specializes in successfully handling pharmacy sales transactions. We specialize in developing effective exit strategies for pharmacy owners in all states.

Our company currently has special financing programs available for potential buyers who have the desire to own their own pharmacy or expand into multi store ownership.
Buyers turn to us first when they are expanding. Since we are experts in the industry, we can make sure your business value is maximized and your worries are minimized.

We bring interested buyers together with interested pharmacy sellers – not simply "list" a business for sale. Unlike most business brokers, we only specialize in independent pharmacy ownership transaction. 

So invest in your future by contacting the pharmacy sales professionals at Hayslip & Zost Pharmacy Brokers LLC.

Ernest H. Zost, RPh.
President

Ernie Zost has been involved in the pharmacy industry since 1973, graduating from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy.  He has spent over thirty years in the pharmacy field.  His experience includes independent store practice, chain staff pharmacist manager, Group Vice President for a major chain, and President/CEO of a group of drug stores and home infusion centers.  Ernie has been involved in pharmacy operations throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. 

Ernie built on his independent pharmacy background to drive operational excellence in drug store pharmacy service and improve the customer shopping experience in stores.  He understands your business and can use his experience in managing hundreds of stores to assist you in solutions for your operation.  

With his knowledge in buying and selling of hundreds of pharmacies he will help you to attain a valuable analysis of your business.  Ernie understands the challenges independent pharmacy face today and wants to serve you in the process of valuing, selling, or buying pharmacies.

Tony A. Hayslip, ABR/AREP
CEO

Since 1982, Tony Hayslip has worked exclusively in the pharmacy business, first for a major U.S. drug store chain and more recently as a successful specialized broker for independent pharmacy business sales.

Handling hundreds of pharmacy sales transactions, Tony has seen the process from all sides. Tony was Director of Pharmacy Acquisitions and Mergers for a major drug store chain prior to launching his successful brokerage business for independent pharmacy owners.

He understands your business having served as a Regional Pharmacy Operator, Regional District Manager, Project Manager of pharmacy store designs/layouts and pharmacy real estate development.

Tony holds the Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) designation – the benchmark of excellence in buyer representation. This coveted designation is awarded by the Real Estate BUYER'S AGENT Council (REBAC), an affiliate of the National Association of REALTORS. He also holds the Accredited Real Estate Professional (AREP) designation.

Rick Lewellen
Sr. Vice President

Rick Lewellen has over 30 years of financial and business experience in the pharmacy industry. He was with a major food/drug combo chain, then a national drug store chain and more recently as a successful specialized broker for independent pharmacy business sales.

He was a Regional Controller in charge of accounting and pharmacy transactions for several states. Rick then served as the Senior Director of Pharmacy Acquisitions for a major drug store chain and was responsible for their entire national pharmacy transactions program.

Having been involved in more than 1,000 pharmacy sales transactions, Rick uses his expertise to serve independent owners in the process of valuing, selling, or buying pharmacies.

Rick comprehends the real world challenges an independent pharmacy faces everyday be it from competition, insurance companies, or regulatory agencies. He understands the true value of your business and the perceived value from outsiders.

Rick Schaffer
Vice President

Rick Schaffer's experience in the pharmaceutical industry combined with his broad training and knowledge in the valuation, marketing and sale of pharmacies bring added value and a " Success Formula" to both Pharmacy Sellers and Buyers. Rick enjoyed a successful career in Sales and Marketing with a major Pharmaceutical manufacturer and early in his career worked with pharmacists as a Pharmaceutical Sales Representative, in this capacity he assisted pharmacists on a national basis gaining an in-depth understanding of the independent retail pharmacy.

During his career Rick became VP marketing North America and launched major pharmaceutical products including Seldane, Nicorette, Cepacol and Norpramin to name a few.

Prior to joining the Hayslip and Zost team Rick enjoyed a very successful career as a Business Broker taking in-depth specialized training related to the Valuation, Marketing and Sale of businesses. His success as a Business Broker earned him many coveted sales achievement awards. In addition to traditional business sales Rick specialized in and has sold major pharmacies, his firsthand knowledge in the sale of independent pharmacies has provided him with a unique knowledge and successful formula for the marketing and sale of your pharmacy.

Rick is truly an experienced Sales and Marketing professional whose skills will unite pharmacy Owners with strategic and financially capable Buyers who recognize the intangible value you created in your ongoing pharmacy business.

Michael Beller
Attorney

Michael graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting.  He was a Joint Venture Accountant for two years before attending law school and obtaining his Doctor of Jurisprudence from South Texas College of Law in 1986.   His motivation to become a lawyer was the desire to work directly with people and make a positive impact on their lives.

Michael conducts both a transactional and litigation practice in the areas of Real Estate and Business law.  Before starting his own law firm in 2000 he was with the firm of Stibbs & Burbach as the firm’s principal real estate attorney. While with Stibbs & Burbach, He found his accounting background helped him serve the general legal business needs of clients.  The business practice includes contract preparation and review, entity choice and creation and business mergers and acquisition.  Prior to joining Stibbs & Burbach he spent twelve years with the Montgomery County Attorney’s office.  The last eight years with Montgomery County he served as Chief of the County Attorney’s Real Estate Division. 

In addition to his practice he has prepared materials and lectured at state wide continuing legal education conferences on the regulation and development of real estate.

He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and is admitted to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.