Tony Latessa brings more than four decades of experience across business broking, real estate, advisory and transaction management. Over his career, he has worked as a broker, agency principal, consultant and mentor, successfully negotiating and completing in excess of 1,000 business and real estate sales.
As a Director of Latessa Group, Tony brings this depth of experience to the Group’s specialist brokerage businesses, supporting business owners, buyers and investors through significant sales, acquisitions and commercially sensitive transactions.
His experience includes merger and acquisition transactions, confidential off-market sales, complex negotiations and transaction management. Beyond his own deals, Tony has also mentored other brokerage groups, providing practical support across negotiation, sales and transaction management.
What distinguishes Tony is not simply the volume of transactions completed, but the way he has conducted them. Industry peers consistently describe him as honest, fair, commercially experienced, generous with his knowledge and committed to doing what is right.

July 2025
by Allan Johnson 4th of August, 2025
AIBB Victorian Chair Tony Latessa has just about seen it all in his 45 years as a business broker. These days, he’s continuing to give back, lending his expertise to the AIBB’s newly launched hotline and supporting fellow brokers as they navigate increasingly complex sales.
“I’m on the helpline AIBB just started. The first question came through the other day, and it was a great question. I thought, ‘If this is the quality of the questions we receive, it’s going to be interesting’.”
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