Marc Mezvinsky
Marc Mezvinsky | |
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Born | |
Education | Stanford University (BA) |
Known for | Co-founding Eaglevale Partners |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Edward Mezvinsky Marjorie Margolies |
Relatives | Norton Mezvinsky (uncle) |
Marc Mezvinsky (born December 15, 1977) is an American investment banker and co-founder of the now-defunct hedge fund Eaglevale Partners. He is the husband of Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton.[1]
Early life
Mezvinsky was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up attending a Conservative Jewish synagogue.[2] His parents are both former Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives. His father is Edward Mezvinsky (b. 1937), who embezzled more than $10 million from people via both a Ponzi scheme and the advance-fee scams, and was found guilty of fraud in 2001.[3][4][5] His mother is Marjorie Margolies (b. 1942), who was a TV reporter and represented Pennsylvania's 13th District from 1993 to 1995. They declared bankruptcy shortly before Mezvinsky's conviction, and divorced.[6]
Mezvinsky first met Chelsea Clinton as a teenager at a 1993 Democratic political retreat in Hilton Head, South Carolina. He graduated from Stanford University in 2000, where he received a B.A. in religious studies and philosophy. While a student at Stanford in 1997, he remained close friends with Clinton, and as she began looking at colleges, he showed her around the campus. Mezvinsky began dating Clinton in 2005.[7]
Business career
After graduation, he worked for eight years as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs before leaving to join a private equity firm, but left to start his own hedge fund. In 2011, he co-founded a Manhattan-based hedge fund firm, Eaglevale Partners, with two long-time partners, Bennett Grau and Mark Mallon.[1][8] In May 2016, The New York Times reported that the Eaglevale Hellenic Opportunity Fund is said to have lost nearly 90 percent of its value (a 90% loss to investors). In December 2016, Eaglevale Partners closed.[9] Mezvinsky subsequently joined Social Capital as Vice Chairman.[10]
Personal life
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In July 2010, Mezvinsky married Chelsea Clinton in an interfaith ceremony in Rhinebeck, New York.[11] The senior Clintons and Mezvinskys were friends in the 1990s; their children met on a Renaissance Weekend retreat in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.[2] They were first reported to be a couple in 2005, and became engaged in 2009.[12] He comes from a family of nine children.
Following their wedding, the couple lived for three years in New York City's Gramercy Park neighborhood,[11] later purchasing a condominium in the NoMad area of Manhattan for $10.5 million.[13] Clinton and Mezvinsky have a daughter, Charlotte, who was born on September 26, 2014,[14] and a son, Aidan, who was born on June 18, 2016.[15][16] The family currently lives in the nearby Flatiron District.[17]
References
- ^ a b "For Clintons, a Hedge Fund in the Family". The New York Times. The New York Times. March 22, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
- ^ a b Bocella, Kathy (July 30, 2010). "The quiet Main Liner who's marrying Chelsea Clinton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on August 5, 2010. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
- ^ Ross, Brian (8 December 2006). "Former Congressman Duped by Nigerian Scams". ABC News. Archived from the original on 2011-11-01. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ Carbonara, Peter (July 1, 2002). "The Scam That Will Not Die: Nigerian Advance-Fee Scams Have Fooled Americans for Decades. Thanks to the Internet, They're Now Staging a Disturbing Resurgence". CNNMoney. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ "Will Father of the Groom Be Welcome Figure at Chelsea Clinton's Wedding?". ABC news. December 1, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ The Times of Israel: WikiLeaks: Clinton aides worried about backing Chelsea’s mother-in-law in race, October 14, 2016. Retrievedand9 October 2016.
- ^ "How Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky Found Love". Us Weekly. July 31, 2010.
- ^ "The Daily brief: July 29, 2010". The Stanford Daily. July 30, 2010.
- ^ Kishan, Saijel (February 8, 2017). "Chelsea Clinton's Husband Closes His Hedge Fund". Bloomberg News.
- ^ "Chelsea Clinton's Husband Joins Silicon Valley Firm Social Capital". Bloomberg.com. 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- ^ a b Seelye, Katherine Q.; Haughney, Christine (July 31, 2010). "Town Elbows Its Way Into Clinton Wedding". The New York Times. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
- ^ Baker, Peter (November 30, 2009). "Chelsea Clinton Announces Engagement". The New York Times. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
- ^ Heller, Jill (March 15, 2013). "Chelsea Clinton Apartment: Former First Daughter Scoops Up $10.5 Million Madison Square Park Pad". International Business Times. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- ^ "New Mom Chelsea Clinton Celebrates Baby Daughter". The New York Times. via AP. September 27, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
- ^ McCarthy, Ellen (2016-06-18). "Chelsea Clinton gives birth to second child, son Aidan". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
- ^ Deerwester, Jayme (June 18, 2016). "Chelsea Clinton gives birth to son Aidan". USA Today. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- ^ Walker, Ameena (2016-07-29). "Chelsea Clinton's former Madison Square Park pad already in contract". Curbed NY. Retrieved 2016-07-30.