{{Short description|American financial executive and investor}} {{Infobox person | name = Marc A. Spilker | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|6|28}} | birth_place = | education = | alma_mater = Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (BS) | occupation = Businessman, Investor, Executive | known_for = Founding Partner of GPS Investment Partners LLC<br> Executive Chairman of Merchant Investment Management, LLC | spouse = Diane Isaacs Spilker | children = | website = }}
'''Marc A. Spilker''' is an American financial executive and investor. He is a Founding Member of GPS Investment Partners, LLC and the Executive Chairman of Merchant Investment Management, LLC.
==Life and career==
A native of Long Island, New York, Spilker is a 1982 graduate of W.C. Mepham High School.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Richard |last=Sandomir |authorlink= |title=The Mets Do Not Have to Look Far to Find Bidders |newspaper=The New York Times|date= April 16, 2011|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/sports/baseball/17bidders.html |quote=They are fabulously rich Mets fans, in their 40s, from Long Island. Spilker graduated from W. C. Mepham High School in Bellmore.}}</ref> He received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1986.
Spilker started his career at O'Connor & Associates.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/wall-street-donors/marc-a-spilker.html|title=Marc and Diane Spilker|publisher=Inside Philanthropy |accessdate=26 January 2018}}</ref> In 2010, Spilker retired from Goldman Sachs following a 20-year career with the firm.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/13/business/13goldman.html |title=Goldman Picks New Leader in Asset Management Unit|last=Kouwefeb|first=Zachery|work=New York Times |date=12 February 2010 |accessdate=26 January 2018}}</ref> At Goldman he served as co-head of the Investment Management Division (IMD) and was also a member of the firmwide Management and Risk Committees.<ref>{{cite web|author=Business Wire |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101129006478/en/Apollo-Global-Management-Announces-Appointment-Marc-Spilker |title=Apollo Global Management Announces Appointment of Marc Spilker as President and Member of Company's Executive Committee |publisher=Business Wire |date=2010-11-29 |accessdate=2012-05-22}}</ref>
From 2010 to 2014 Spilker was President of Apollo Global Management and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2014/03/20/apollo-global-president-marc-spilker-to-step-down.html |title=Apollo Global President Marc Spilker to step down|publisher=Reuters |date=20 March 2014 |accessdate=26 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-07-17/kkr-succession-picks-should-spur-rivals-game-of-thrones|title=Game of Thrones, Private Equity Style |last=Tan|first=Gillian|publisher=Bloomberg News |date=17 July 2017 |accessdate=26 January 2018}}</ref> Spilker was also the Chairman of Chiron Investment Management, LLC from 2015 to 2020. Marc Spilker is a Founding Member of GPS Investment Partners, LLC and the Executive Chairman of Merchant Investment Management, LLC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marc Spilker |url=https://fsinvestments.com/fs-people/marc-spilker/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=FS Investments |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Spilker is married to Diane Isaacs Spilker.<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Gertrude Isaacs |newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 16, 2015|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/gertrude-isaacs-obituary?n=gertrude-isaacs&pid=174162381 |quote=UJA-Federation of New York mourns with sadness the passing of Gertrude Isaacs, beloved mother of Diane Isaacs Spilker and mother-in- law of Marc Spilker, dear friends who are deeply committed to strengthening the Jewish community. }}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links == * [http://www.marcspilker.org] Home Page * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110727214920/http://www.rfkcenter.org/news/influential-institutional-investors-are-changing-way-they-invest] RFK Award
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