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Marcus Investments is a Midwest-based investment firm formed by the Marcus family to acquire, steward and grow the legacies of successful entrepreneurs and families. Ben Marcus, a Polish immigrant, started from scratch and built a portfolio of businesses. Ben Marcus financed his first movie theater in the mid-1930s in Ripon, WI. He spent the next 35 years building a portfolio of separately owned business that included hotels, movie theaters, and restaurants. In the mid-1970's the businesses were recapitalized through an IPO of what today is known as the Marcus Corporation. Marcus Investments seeks control positions and invests in US companies with revenues of $10 million - $150 million and an EBITDA of $1 million - $15 million. Sectors of interest include media, advertising, information services, food, specialty finance, wellness and safety, business services, senior living, real estate, energy, transportation, and franchise-related opportunities. Marcus' Hospitality Democracy fund has stakes in several popular Milwaukee restaurants, including Holey Moley, Smoke Shack, A.J. Bombers, Swig, Water Buffalo and Onesto. The firm's latest culinary venture includes buying the Zaffiro's Pizza Bar license to develop eateries in Marcus theaters. In 2011, Marcus Investments bought the Verlo Mattress franchise. The firm has invested $438 million and has over $292 million assets under management.
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