Marc Stern

Marc Stern
Born Vineland, New Jersey
Residence Malibu, California
Education Dickinson College
Columbia University
Occupation Business executive, philanthropist
Spouse(s) Eva Stern
Children 2

Marc Stern is an American attorney, business executive and philanthropist. He serves as the Chairman of the TCW Group, an asset management financial institution based in Los Angeles, California. He also serves as the Chairman of the Los Angeles Opera.

Biography

Early life

Marc Irwin Stern was born in Vineland, New Jersey.[1] He graduated from the Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and History.[2][3][4][5] He then received a Master's degree in Government and a J.D. from Columbia University in New York City.[1][2][3][5]

Career

He practised the law at Debevoise & Plimpton, a law firm based in New York City, from 1970 to 1974.[1][3] He then worked for Allied-Signal from 1974 to 1986.[1][3] Later, he served as Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer of The Henley Group.[1][3] He was then President of SunAmerica, which later became a subsidiary of the American International Group (AIG).[1][3]

He served as President of the TCW Group from 1990 to 2005.[3] He then served as Vice Chairman of the Board from 2005 to 2013, and as Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2012.[3] He also served on the Management Committee and the Global Investment Management and Services (GIMS) of the Société Générale from 2007 to 2013, as the TCW Group was the owned by the Société Générale; it is now owned by The Carlyle Group.[3] In 2009, he fired Jeffrey Gundlach, an asset manager who went on to establish his own company, DoubleLine Capital.[6] After Gundlach sued TWC for US$500 million, Stern testified that he had feared Gundlach would steal TWC's client list to start his own company.[6]

He has served as the Chairman of the TCW Group in 2013.[3][5] He has served on the Board of Directors of Qualcomm since February 1994.[4] He is the owner of the Milwaukee Brewers, a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1][3]

Philanthropy

He serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Opera.[7][8] He is also a major donor to the Los Angeles Philharmonic.[9] He serves on the Boards of Trustees of the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the California Institute of Technology, and The Los Angeles Coalition.[1][10] He was made a Commandeur de l'Ordre National du Mérite by the Republic of France.[3]

The Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School in Los Angeles is named after him and his wife.[3]

Personal life

He is married to Eva Stern, a clinical social worker and philanthropist.[1] They have two children.[1] They reside in Malibu, California.[1] In 2011, they co-chaired a fundraiser for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 The Los Angeles Coalition: Marc Stern
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bloomberg BusinessWeek
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 TCW: Marc I. Stern
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Qualcomm Board of Directors
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Forbes: Marc Stern
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 TCW chief defends firing of star bond manager, The Los Angeles Times, August 19, 2011
  7. ↑ Los Angeles Opera: Board of Trustees
  8. ↑ Reed Johnson, David Ng, Drama afoot as L.A. Opera feels heat of rival works, The Los Angeles Times, June 20, 2012
  9. ↑ Los Angeles Philharmonic: Major gift donor list
  10. ↑ California Institute of Technology: Trustee List
  11. ↑ Tina Daunt, Hollywood Stays Away as Mitt Romney Raises More Than $1 Million in Beverly Hills, The Hollywood Reporter, 12/7/2011