More than 30 years ago, Michael G. Bryan started the M.G. Bryan Equipment Co. Inc. with $25,000 and a broom closet for an office. He was skilled at selling engines and oilfield service equipment. An astute businessman, he decided to seize the opportunity to capitalize on the oil bust of the 1980s. Bryan began buying oilfield service equipment for 10 to 25 cents on the dollar and reselling it to customers in Canada, South America and China. MG. Bryan was profitable after its first month.