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Michael Marks is Founder at Marks & Spencer, based in Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Michael Marks co-founded Marks & Spencer and has also been involved with RIT Capital Partners, Paxion, Celesta, Biomason, Autonomy, Slate Technologies Inc., Prellis Biologics, Carbitex, MINA Group, Alveo Technologies, Finicast, Inc., Onx Homes, iFLY Indoor Skydiving, Colors Living Produce, Whiterabbit.ai, Bossanova Investimentos, Lolli & Pops, H2O, Smartfrog&Canary, Katerra, Berkeley Lights, Liquid Robotics, The Melt, GoPro, Aptina, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Riverwood Capital, Tesla, the V Foundation, Globant, KKR, Crocs, SLB, Flex, SanDisk.
Michael Marks is a Founding Managing Partner at Celesta Capital, a deep technology venture capital firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to his career in venture capital, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Flextronics for thirteen years, where he successfully grew the manufacturing company's annualized revenues from $93 million to approximately $16 billion. His extensive executive and investment experience includes a tenure as a Partner at private equity firm KKR and a brief period serving as the interim CEO of Tesla Motors in 2007. Marks holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, alongside a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Psychology from Oberlin College. His current professional focus centers on scaling hardware, manufacturing, and deep technology enterprises through strategic operational leadership and early-stage venture capital investments.
