Ken Marlin

Ken Marlin is an American investment banker and international strategist. He is the founder/managing partner of Marlin & Associates, an award-winning [1] boutique investment bank and strategy advisor. He is a member of the “Market Data Hall of Fame” [2] and, in 2011, Institutional Investor ("II"), the international publisher, named Ken as one of II’s “Tech 50”, which honored the 50 most “disruptive” figures in the financial technology sector.[3] Ken also is a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Phoenix House Foundation[4] and a Trustee and Board Member of the Madison Square Boys and Girls Club.[5] He has been quoted frequently in the media.[6][7][8]

Personal Life and Education

Marlin holds BA from the University of California (Irvine), an MBA from UCLA, and a post-MBA Advanced Professional Certificate in Corporate Strategy from New York University. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, Jacqueline Barnathan, an Emmy-award winning senior producer for CBS News, and their daughter.[9]

Early career

From 1970-1981, Marlin served in the United States Marine Corps, as a Captain and Infantry Company commander.[10] From 1981- 1991, Marlin was a senior executive with The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, where he led global strategy as Senior Vice President. (At that time, Dun & Bradstreet was a conglomerate which owned Moody’s Investors Service, Interactive Data Corporation, Datastream International, Reuben H. Donnelley, IMS Health, ACNielsen, Nielsen Media Research, D&B Software, D&B Plan Services, D&B Credit Services and a majority stake in Gartner Group). At Dun & Bradstreet, Marlin led transactions involving US and non-US firms, including transactions in 13 counties. During Apartheid, Marlin led D&B’s divestiture of three companies that D&B controlled in South Africa. He also led D&B’s efforts to establish a direct presence in Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong; and to expand presence in Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, and Switzerland. Before the fall of the Soviet Union, Marlin led D&B’s efforts to establish business information collection infrastructure in a number of Soviet Bloc countries. Later he assumed a role as a Group Executive.[11][12]

In 1991, Marlin became President and CEO of Telekurs (NA),[13] a global financial information technology firm owned by a consortium of Swiss banks. In 1995, Marlin and others acquired a large portion of Telekurs (NA) and formed Telesphere Corporation, where Marlin was President and CEO. In 1997, Telesphere was sold to Bridge Information Systems [14] (now part of Thomson Reuters), where Marlin became Executive Vice President.[15] In 1999, Marlin left Bridge to join the media merchant bank and private equity fund Veronis Suhler Stevenson.[16][17] Marlin is a former board member of the American Red Cross of Greater New York and the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School. Currently, He also works to support the Wall Street Warfighters Foundation as well as the B'nai Jeshurun/SPSA Homeless shelter.

References

  1. ^ "BusinessWeek profile: Marlin & Associates". http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=2118730. Retrieved 19 April 2011. 
  2. ^ "25th Anniversary - Inside Market Data special report". http://www.waterstechnology.com/digital_assets/2042/IMD_25Years_Report_Oct2010_WEB.pdf. Retrieved 19 April 2011. 
  3. ^ "Marlin & Associates Managing Partner Named in Institutional Investor's Annual List of Top Executives, Entrepreneurs and Innovators in Financial Technology". http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43836923/ns/business-press_releases/t/marlin-associates-managing-partner-named-institutional-investors-annual-list-top-executives-entrepreneurs-innovators-financial-technology/. Retrieved 21 July 2011. 
  4. ^ "PHOENIX HOUSE FOUNDATION Board of Directors". http://www.phoenixhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Phoenix-House-Foundation-Board-Of-Directors.pdf. Retrieved 19 April 2011. 
  5. ^ "Madison Square Boys and Girls Club Board of Trustees". http://www.madisonsquare.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_leadership. Retrieved 19 April 2011. 
  6. ^ "As Nasdaq bids for NYSE, shares of CBOE plunge on downgrade". Chicago Sun-Times. http://www.suntimes.com/business/4618125-420/as-nasdaq-bids-for-nyse-shares-of-chicagos-cboe-take-plunge.html. Retrieved 19 April 2011. 
  7. ^ Liedtke, Michael (25 September 2009). "Something to tweet about: Twitter valued at $1B". http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009943239_apustectwitterinvestment.html?syndication=rss. Retrieved 19 April 2011. 
  8. ^ "Can the Ridders Ride it out?". 22 May 2002. http://www.forbes.com/2002/05/22/0522knight.html. Retrieved 19 April 2011. 
  9. ^ "Marlin & Associates’ Website". http://www.marlinllc.com/?p=team&member_id=37. Retrieved 19 April 2011. 
  10. ^ "BusinessWeek profile: Marlin & Associates". http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=2118730. Retrieved 19 April 2011. 
  11. ^ "BusinessWeek profile: Marlin & Associates". http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=2118730. Retrieved 19 April 2011. 
  12. ^ "Marlin & Associates’ Website". http://www.marlinllc.com/?p=team&member_id=37. Retrieved 19 April 2011. 
  13. ^ "BusinessWeek profile: Marlin & Associates". http://www.waterstechnology.com/inside-market-data/feature/1623435/telekurs-hires-btna-to-support-topic-plus-in-u-s. Retrieved 29 April 2011. 
  14. ^ "Bloomberg Businessweek profile: Telesphere Corporation". http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=767354. Retrieved 29 April 2011. 
  15. ^ "BRIDGE to Acquire Telesphere". http://www.thefreelibrary.com/BRIDGE+to+Acquire+Telesphere-a019467754. Retrieved 19 April 2011. 
  16. ^ "Kenneth B. Marlin, Former EVP at Bridge Information Systems, Joins Veronis, Suhler & Associates". http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures/6775122-1.html. Retrieved 19 April 2011. 
  17. ^ "Ex-Veronis Suhler Banker Forms Firm Targeting Software M&A". http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-85888213.html. Retrieved 19 April 2011.