Martin E. Franklin

Martin Ellis Franklin (born October 31, 1964 in London , England) is an American investor activist .

His father, Roland Franklin, was a follower of British investor James Goldsmith . At the age of 24, Martin E. Franklin broke up his first company, the Dickinson Robinson Group (DRG), a British stationery and packaging manufacturer. In 2001 he acquired 10% of Alltrista’s shares and became CEO of the company, which he restructured and renamed Jarden Corporation .

Franklin has founded investment vehicles several times . Together with Nicolas Berggruen , he founded the later Platform Specialty Products in 2013 ; Together with Noam Gottesman , he took over the frozen food company Iglo Group in 2015 through Nomad Holdings (now Nomad Foods ) .

Individual evidence

↑ Martin E. Franklin. Retrieved January 26, 2019 .
↑ Profiles. Retrieved January 26, 2019 .
^ Ed Hammond: Martin Franklin, Jarden: a repentant corporate raider. In: Financial Times. January 18, 2015, accessed July 12, 2015 .
↑ Jarden's founder in talks to buy chemical maker MacDermid. In: Reuters. October 10, 2013, accessed July 12, 2015 .
↑ Sam Chambers, Kiel Porter: Nomad to Pay Permira $ 2.8 Billion for Iglo in Maiden Deal. In: bloomberg.com. April 20, 2015, accessed July 30, 2015 .

personal data
SURNAME	Franklin, Martin E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Franklin, Martin Ellis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American manager and investor
DATE OF BIRTH	October 31, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH	London

[1] Martin E. Franklin. Retrieved January 26, 2019 .

[2] Profiles. Retrieved January 26, 2019 .

[3] Ed Hammond: Martin Franklin, Jarden: a repentant corporate raider. In: Financial Times. January 18, 2015, accessed July 12, 2015 .

[4] Jarden's founder in talks to buy chemical maker MacDermid. In: Reuters. October 10, 2013, accessed July 12, 2015 .

[5] Sam Chambers, Kiel Porter: Nomad to Pay Permira $ 2.8 Billion for Iglo in Maiden Deal. In: bloomberg.com. April 20, 2015, accessed July 30, 2015 .