Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> September 27, 2004
Erika Feinberg, Chairman of ActiveForever, comes from three generations
of stock brokers and has always seen the world through the eyes of Wall
Street. With more of a love for people and passion for how humans
combining can make magic happen, she chose to go the human resources
route in an effort to have a profound effect on the economy. For close
to 20 years, Ms. Feinberg succeeded in building a unique approach to
retained executive search, which combined strategic services activities.
This company is named EF Financial. These strategic services helped
Fortune 500 companies stay number one in their market niches, and her
thoughtful executive search activities enabled these same companies to
build new business units into the black almost immediately. The revenues
generated from her executive search business enabled her to begin
investing in companies of her own several years ago. After successfully
selling one of her prized ownership interests in January 2001, she
invested in her latest new venture in August 2002. Due to the high
growth and the nature of the business, Ms. Feinberg fully committed
herself to ActiveForever as of August 2003, re-defining and re-launching
the company with the team. Ms. Feinberg sits on the Board of Directors
for The Foundation for Senior Living, The Spinal Cord Injury Association
and The Scottsdale Center for the Arts. Ms. Feinberg earned an
undergraduate degree in Marketing and Mass Communications from Boston
University as well as an Advanced Studies in Business. She is very
active in the community philanthropically, has been recognized on
several occasions as an over-achiever and is also one of the founding
investment partners of a now world renowned non-profit organization
named Social Venture Partners. Profile
ActiveForever?
Ms. Feinberg: If you look at what individuals are spending out-of-pocket
for equipment at home for products
