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Marc E. Sacks Senior Managing Director, Private Equity Executive Committee Member |
| 350 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60654 | 312.595.6128 | | |
Area of Focus: Partnership Investing
Profile:
- Joined Mesirow Financial in June 2004 as senior managing director of Private Equity
- Head of Mesirow Financial's Private Equity division
- More than 14 years of experience and a multitude of top-tier private equity relationships in the U.S. and Europe
- Previously a partner with Adams Street Partners, where, for more than 11 years, he was active in all aspects of the firm's private equity partnership investment activities
- Prior to Adams Street, served as program manager of private investments for the IBM Pension Fund, working on U.S. and European private equity investments
- Throughout career has participated in the approval of investment commitments to more than 300 LBO, venture capital and mezzanine private equity partnerships in the U.S. and Europe
- Has built many important relationships with premier private equity managers in the U.S. and Europe
- Served as a member of the investor advisory boards of 12 private equity investment firms
- Frequent speaker at private equity industry conferences and panel discussions
- Frequently quoted in private equity trade publications
- B.A., Queens College
- M.B.A, Cornell University, Johnson Graduate School of Management
- Cornell University Private Equity Subcommittee, member on behalf of the Cornell University endowment
- The Executives' Club of Chicago, member
- National Venture Capital Association, member
- Illinois Venture Capital Associations, member
