Financial Services >> Analyst Interviews >> September 23, 2003
MARK D. EIN is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Venturehouse
Group, LLC, a holding company that creates, invests in and builds
technology and telecommunications companies. Prior to forming
Venturehouse Group, Mr. Ein was a Principal with The Carlyle Group, a
large private equity firm with offices around the world. Mr. Ein
currently serves on the Board of Directors of LCC International (NASDAQ:
LCCI) as well as many private companies. Mr. Ein received his Bachelor
of Science in economics from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton
School of Finance and received his MBA from the Harvard Business School.
In July 2000, Mr. Ein was named one of Washington Business Forward's
'Forward 40' ' a list of the top 40 business people in Washington,
DC/Northern Virginia region ' after being named one of its 'Next
Network' of 40 'rising stars' in October 1999. He is a native of the
Washington area and is deeply committed to the region. Mr. Ein actively
supports many local community, charitable and cultural organizations and
is particularly interested in attracting the skills and resources of the
technology and entrepreneurial community to these organizations. He
serves on the Trustee's Council of the National Gallery of Art and the
Board of Directors of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington. He is
a Washington Trustee of the Federal City Council and was Co-Chairman of
the 2000 Corporate Campaign for The Phillips Collection. He also serves
on the Advisory Board of the Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund. He is a
Charter Member of the Washington Redskins Leadership Council and is a
member of the Leadership Committee of Fight for Children and School
Night. He is on the Board of Directors of the Wolf Trap Foundation and
the SEED School and Foundation. Profile
Group?
Mr. Ein: I started Venturehouse in 1999, and the original plan was to
focus primarily on very early-stage companies
