Mark Pearlman is a business strategist, media and marketing executive, and non-profit activist with extensive experience in financial management, business start-ups, media and marketing. He is a founder of Rethink Partners, a firm focused on solving urgent social issues by developing initiatives that create a transformative community impact. Mark has held numerous management positions in finance and media, including Vice President of Business Development at CBS and Executive Vice President at FOX, where he was part of the original executive team that launched the Fox News Channel.
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Mark has co-developed and launched Intelligent Money (IM) with Professor John Longo, a multimedia platform offering practical Financial Literacy education showcasing GOAT professional investors and community role models. IM’s initial strategy includes The +Club which is a High School Financial Literacy and Life Skills program targeted for the underserved communities with a successfully completed pilot in Newark, New Jersey. The school and companion on-line program offers a foundational educational experience for students in an engaging and edutainment manner to help prepare them for life in the modern economy. The +Club is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Rutgers University and other like-minded organizations. To learn more about the approach and student impact, please see this feature article or watch the video below.
Based on the +Club pilot’s positive results and supporter feedback, IM is building out the underserved platform and developing a definitive online course like Yale’s Science of Well-being with 4+ million participants. The Intelligent Money Rules Course will be designed to become the trusted destination to help achieve personal financial well-being by curating inspiration and practical advice from GOAT professionals.
Having worked closely with many high profile media organizations, Smart Design and McKinsey & Company, Mark has developed an out-of-the-box approach to business strategy in his Rethink Partners company with partner John Longo. Rethink’s mission is centered around solving significant and urgent social issues, leveraging expertise in finance, education, marketing, media, and technology to make a meaningful difference. Rethink strives to develop initiatives that create a transformative social impact by providing timely solutions to community problems that remain unresolved. The primary objective is to launch and manage multimedia platforms that advance Financial Literacy and Life Skills to drive societal change. Intelligent Money is the first initiative launched with a focused roll-out collaborating with industry leading partners.
Mark Pearlman advised Harvest USA which is a subsidiary of Harvest Fund Management, a China-based Asset Management firms with $100+ Billion in AUM. To build their USA brand and market position, Pearlman assisted with business strategy, collaborative initiatives and marketing & communications activities.
Previously, Mark was Executive Vice President of Business Strategy at The MDE Group, a pioneering wealth management firm with more than $1.3 Billion in assets under management. With MDE, Mark developed and launched Risk 3.0™, an innovative investment solution platform and a unique approach to risk.
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Mark was part of the original executive team that launched the Fox News Channel under Roger Ailes. Previously, he held numerous management positions at CBS including Vice President, Business Development. He also helped build a Metromedia Company owned by John Kluge, where he held the position of Vice President, Market Strategy.
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Mark supports charitable causes through direct involvement with specific nonprofits. He is a former Chairman of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan and has funded and directed many Jewish community initiatives such as JInsider. Mark was also a Board member of the Annenberg Foundation initiative in New York City for the arts and education.
Mark is a graduate of Brandeis University and holds an MBA from the Sloan School at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.