Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> January 3, 2000
Maintaining a balance between the structure of a corporate environment
and the uncertainties and risks of entrepreneurship has been more of a
rule than an exception in MARK CAMPBELL's life. Mr. Campbell is
currently the President and CEO of Soul Food Concepts, Inc., a public
company that owns and operates The Shark Bar and Mekka restaurants, a
national chain with five restaurants across the country. Mr. Campbell
began his foray in the food industry when he opened the Soul Caf_
restaurant in midtown Manhattan four years ago with partners Malik Yoba
and Michael Vann. He was previously an investment banker whose forte was
the equities markets. He specialized in private and public venture
capital, and focused on start-up and small to mid-sized companies in the
high technology and entertainment industries. With his valuable banking
experience from Wall Street, Mr. Campbell successfully formed Kova
Capital, a venture capital concern that provided strategic advisory
services to entrepreneurs, and finances properties in the entertainment
industry. Mr. Campbell intends to build the first national 'Soul Food'
Restaurant Company with restaurants throughout major urban areas n the
United States with the expansion of the Shark Bar and Mekka concepts. Profile
Concepts the company's history, activities, customers, those kinds of
things.
Mr. Campbell: The company is in the casual
