Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 23, 2002
ALAN CLINGMAN is co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and a
member of the Board of Directors of Marquis Jet Partners, Inc.,
the world's leading provider of short-term leases of fractional
interests in private jet aircraft, sold on a pre-paid basis in
single-year, 25-hour increments. Prior to co-founding Marquis Jet
Partners, Mr. Clingman built a superlative reputation as an
extremely successful entrepreneur with more than 20 years of
experience in business and finance. From 1996-2001, Mr. Clingman
founded iCentennial Ventures which focused primarily on
investments. As a hands-on, early-stage investor, iCV was
instrumental in founding or investing in successful startups,
such as Advanced Data Exchange, RentPort, TradeOut, WorldSpy,
among others. Mr. Clingman also started one of the first broker-
dealers in Russia, as well as three successful banks in the
former Soviet Republics of Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. By
1996, his First Ukrainian International Bank had become the
leading bank in Ukraine at which time his interests were acquired
by the Dutch financial giant, Fortis NV and a consortium of local
investors. Other successful startups include Rhovan, a defunct
South African mining company which was acquired by Mr. Clingman
and a group of South African investors in 1991. Mr. Clingman
started his career in 1981, brokering crude oil and commodities.
Mr. Clingman is involved in many charitable institutions both in
the United States and abroad and currently serves as President of
The Children of Chernobyl. Profile
of Marquis Jet?
Mr. Clingman: Before entering the private aviation market, we saw
there were primarily three different ways to
