Bio

Mr. Irizarry has over 25 years of experience in financial services. Prior to joining Republic Mr. Irizarry was the Founder of MSI, a strategic consulting and advisory practice serving Traditional and Alternative Asset, and Wealth Management firms. Before founding MSI, Marc joined fellow Goldman Sachs alumni in the successful launch and growth of Chiron Investment Management in 2015. Chiron specialized in global asset allocation and quantamental investing, raising over $3 billion dollars in AUM before a sale to a strategic buyer. Marc was a member of the firm’s Operating, Risk, and Investment Committees and oversaw global multi-asset portfolios in the Global Financial Services and Financial Tech sectors. Mr. Irizarry previously served as a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs where he built the top-ranked sell-side Equity Research franchise in Asset Managers. He was ranked as one of Americas Best on Stock Analysts by Bloomberg/Greenwich Associates. Marc oversaw a global sector team covering over 30 publicly traded Asset Managers, leading groundbreaking Initial Public Offerings for prominent alternative asset management franchises, including Blackstone, Ares, Apollo, KKR, Carlyle Group, and Oaktree among others. Coverage included many of the largest traditional asset managers and specialist firms, such as BlackRock, Franklin Resources, T. Rowe Price, Invesco, and multi-boutique/affiliate firms such as AMG. Mr. Irizarry is a Wealth and Asset Management Advisory Board Member for Lightyear Capital and an Independent Board Member of Shriram Asset Management. Marc also sits on the Investment Committee of Bergen County’s YJCC. He is an active alum of Cornell University in areas including fundraising for the University and led Goldman Sachs Research Division on-campus recruiting efforts.