Mark Friedman Bio

Mark has more then 20 years of experience working with leading and emerging consumer brands and retailers. During his tenure as a Senior Research Analyst at Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs he was ranked on the Institutional Investor annual survey of best analysts in three different sectors- Advertising, Apparel/Footwear and Specialty Retail. In his last role at Merrill Lynch he was also Group Head managing a 17 person team of Retail Analysts. Mark is on the Board of publicly traded Iconix and Canada-based Roots. Mark received an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and a B.B.A. from the University of Michigan’s Business School.