photo of Marc E. Sacks Marc E. Sacks
Senior Managing Director
Private Equity
Management Committee, Board of Directors

Chicago, IL
+1 312.595.6128

Area of Focus: Private Equity Investments

Profile:
  • Joined Mesirow Financial in June 2004 as senior managing director of Private Equity
  • Head of Mesirow Financial's Private Equity division
  • Member of the Mesirow Financial Private Equity Investment Committee
  • More than 20 years of experience and a multitude of top-tier private equity relationships in the U.S. and Europe
  • Previously a partner with Adams Street Partners, where, for more than 11 years, he was active in all aspects of the firm's private equity partnership investment activities
  • Prior to Adams Street, served as program manager of private investments for the IBM Pension Fund, working on U.S. and European private equity investments
Accomplishments:
  • Throughout his career has participated in the approval of investment commitments to more than 300 buyout, venture capital and mezzanine private equity partnerships in the U.S. and Europe
  • Has built many important relationships with premier private equity managers in the U.S. and Europe
  • Served as a member of the investor advisory boards of 12 private equity investment firms
  • Frequent speaker at private equity industry conferences and panel discussions
  • Frequently quoted in private equity trade publications
Education:
  • B.A., Queens College
  • M.B.A, Cornell University, Johnson Graduate School of Management
Affiliations:
  • Cornell University Private Equity Subcommittee, member on behalf of the Cornell University endowment
  • The Executives' Club of Chicago, member
  • National Venture Capital Association, member
  • Illinois Venture Capital Associations, member