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Mark D. Ein is an investor, entrepreneur and
philanthropist, who has created, acquired, invested in and built a series of
growth companies across a diverse set of industries over the course of his 20
year career. During this time, Mr. Ein
has been involved in the founding or early stages of five companies that have
been worth over $1 billion and has led $650 million of private equity, venture
capital and public company investments generating an internal rate of return of
over 40%.
Currently, Mr. Ein is Chairman, CEO, Treasurer,
Secretary and Director of Capitol Acquisition Corporation 2
(NASDAQ:CLAC), a publicly traded acquisition vehicle that raised $200 million
in an initial public offering on May 15, 2013. He is also the
Co-Chairman and Principal Shareholder of Kastle Systems, LLC, the country’s
leading provider of managed security systems for commercial office
buildings. In addition, he is the Vice-Chairman of Two
Harbors Investment Corporation, a NYSE-listed (TWO) residential mortgage
REIT. Two Harbors was formed through a merger with Capitol Acquisition
Corporation, a company that Mr. Ein founded with a $265 million initial public
offering in November 2007 and served as its Chairman and CEO until the merger
in November 2009. As of December 31, 2012, Two Harbors had a book value
of $3.4 billion and total assets of $16.8 billion. Mr. Ein also currently
serves on the board of MACH S.a.r.L, the world’s leading financial
clearinghouse for the mobile telecom industry, and is Chairman of the Board of
VSGi, a provider of videoconferencing solutions. Throughout his career,
Mr. Ein has invested in a wide range of other successful growth companies that
have gone public or merged into larger companies including XM Satellite Radio,
Nextel, American Tower, Cibernet and Matrics. Earlier in his career, Mr.
Ein worked for The Carlyle Group, Brentwood Associates and Goldman Sachs.
Mr. Ein is also the Founder and Owner of the
Washington Kastles, his hometown’s World TeamTennis (WTT) franchise. After just five years in the league, the
Kastles have already captured the coveted King Trophy three times by winning
the WTT Championship in 2012, 2011 and 2009. The 2011 team made history by
becoming the first team in the 36 year history of the league to complete a
perfect undefeated season with its 16-0 record. The 2012 team repeated this
feat with a second straight undefeated 16-0 Championship season. The franchise currently has an active 32
match winning streak – the second longest streak in US pro team sports history
(behind the 33 game winning streak of the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers). The Kastles and Mr. Ein have been often
honored for its contributions on and off the court including being named the
USTA Mid-Atlantic Section’s 2011 Organization of the Year. The team has been recognized four times by
the Mayor of Washington, D.C. and the Washington, D.C. City Council with
proclamations of “Washington Kastles Day” in the District of Columbia. In recognition of the team’s first Championship
in 2009, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty presented Mr. Ein and the Kastles with the Key
to the City, highlighting not only their success on the court, “but for their
commitment to the District’s communities and our youth.”
A native of the Washington area, Mr. Ein
actively supports many community, charitable and cultural organizations. Through both his professional and
philanthropic activities, he is committed to bringing his community together as
well as helping those in need with a particular focus on the youth of the
city. Mr. Ein has been frequently
recognized and honored for his contributions to his community including being
named Business Leader of the Year by the Washington DC Chamber of Commerce in
October, 2011 and the region’s Entrepreneur of the Year by the National
Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) in 2009. In addition, Mr. Ein was inducted into the
Mid-Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame in March 2012.
Mr. Ein is currently the Chairman of the Board
of The District of Columbia Public Schools Education Fund (DCPEF) which serves
to catalyze private sector support for the DC Public School System and that has
raised over $90 million of philanthropic funds in just five years. Mr. Ein also serves on the Board of Directors
of the United States Tennis Association (USTA), the District of Columbia
College Access Program (DC-CAP), International Tennis Hall of Fame, the
Executive Committee of the Federal City Council and was appointed by Mayor
Vincent Gray to be a member of the D.C. Tax Revision Commission. He previously
served on the Boards of Directors of The Foundation for the National Institutes
of Health (NIH), the SEED Foundation, The Economic Club of Washington, D.C.,
The Washington Tennis & Education Foundation and The Wolf Trap Center for
the Performing Art as well as the Advisory Board of The Tennis Center at
College Park (TCCP), the Steering Committee for the Business Executives for
National Security (BENS) DC, the selection Committee for the George J. Mitchell
Scholarship program, the Trustees Council of The National Gallery of Art, the
Advisory Board of the Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund, and the Donor Advisory
Group for the FasterCures Philanthropy Advisory Service. He received his BS in Economics with a
concentration in finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
and his MBA from The Harvard Business School.