Marc Cooper

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Biography

Mr. Marc Cooper serves as Chief Executive Officer at Solomon Partners(Formerly PJ SOLOMON). He serves as a Board Member at Partnership for New York City. He joined the Firm in 1999 as a partner and was named a Vice Chairman in July 2013. His broad-based experience spans strategic advisory assignments, capital markets, and merger and acquisition transactions. These include buy-and-sell side assignments, private financings, and restructurings. In his 25 years as an investment banker, he has concentrated on the retail, apparel, and consumer products sectors. In his 15 years with PJSC, he has represented numerous branded companies, including most recently the Board of Directors of Jones Group on its pending sale to Sycamore Partners, rag & bone, Kenneth Cole, PPR on its sales of The Sportsman's Guide, and OneStopPlus Group. Before assuming his position as Vice Chairman, He served as Managing Director and Head of the Firm's Global Retail Group. His other M&A transactions include Garden Holdings' sale to AEA Investors, J. McLaughlin's sale of a majority interest to JH Partners and the Highland Consumer Fund, Deckers Outdoor Corporation's acquisition of Sanuk USA, PPR SA's purchase of Volcom and the purchase of Betsey Johnson by Steve Madden Ltd. Additional transactions include the $150 million recapitalization of Zale Corporation, as well as the $750 million recapitalization of Quiksilver, the restructuring of Wilton Industries, Inc., Deb Shops, and Neways, Inc. Other M&A transactions include the sale of Athleta to the Gap Inc., advising Istithmar World on its $942 million purchase of Barneys New York, the sale of Citizens of Humanity to Berkshire Partners, the sale of Barneys to Jones Apparel Group, and the acquisition of Disney Store North America by The Children's Place. Prior to joining PJSC, he was Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of Barington Capital Group, a partner at Scharf Brothers, and a Vice President at Kidder Peabody. He received a B.S. and an M.B.A. from New York University, from which he graduated magna cum laude. He previously served as a Board Member at Proenza Schouler.