Mark Tluszcz

Mark Tluszcz
Alma mater Eckerd College, St Petersburg, Florida
Occupation Venture capitalist

Mark Tluszcz is co-founder and CEO of Mangrove Capital Partners, a venture capital firm he set up with Gerard Lopez and Hans-Jürgen Schmitz in 2000.[1]

Career

Tluszcz spent the first 10 years of his professional career at Arthur Andersen, ultimately becoming a partner in its business consulting practice before running its European venture capital fund. During this time he personally invested in a number of businesses including the Frederick Brewing Company which listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.

In 2000 he founded Mangrove Capital Partners with Gerard Lopez and Hans-Jürgen Schmitz. He was the first investor in Skype,[1] a telecoms business founded by Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström - who were at the time known for founding Kazaa, the peer-to-peer file sharing application. On 14 October 2005 Skype was acquired by eBay and Tluszcz was named as one of the most respected technology dealmakers globally by Forbes magazine.[2]

In 2006, Tluszcz backed cloud-based web development platform Wix.com. The company listed on NASDAQ in 2013 and remains the largest tech IPO to come out of Israel.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Spurgeon, Brad (July 26, 2013). "Billionaires Stake Their Elite Racing Claims". New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Technology's Top Dealmakers". Forbes. February 2, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ Koetsier, John (November 6, 2013). "Website builder Wix raises $127M in largest-ever IPO for Israeli firm". VentureBeat. Retrieved March 18, 2015.

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