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 .
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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 |