Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> May 28, 2001

Donald Kurz – Equity Marketing (emak)

DONALD A. KURZ became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EMAK Worldwide, Inc., in January 1999, after serving as President and co-CEO from 1991 through 1998. He has also served as a Director since 1990, when he joined EMAK as Executive Vice President. Mr. Kurz was previously a management consultant with the general management consulting division of Towers Perrin, where he was a Vice President and Senior Partner and eventually headed the firm's New York office. Mr. Kurz earned a Bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Master's in Business Administration from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with a history and a quick overview of the

company?

Mr. Kurz: The company was founded in 1984 as a division of a company

called Marketing Equities International, which