Mick McGuire – SAN FRANCISCO INSTIGATOR/ADVISOR

Mick McGuire is the Founder and Managing Member of Marcato Capital Management, a value investor in the public markets. Prior to forming Marcato, McGuire was a Partner at Pershing Square Capital Management and also served as the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Borders Group, Inc. McGuire has spent his entire career in private and public equity investing and holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in economics from Princeton University. Mick finds inspiration in any kind of live performance. He became enamored with PenTales from the very first New York gathering, and considers PenTales? initiatives to be a much-needed creative complement to his profession as an investment manager. Now in San Francisco, Mick looks forward to enjoying more of the great moments that happen when people put down their Smartphones, open their minds, and express themselves.