Mark Alhermizi

Mark Alhermizi, Principal of the iZi Media Capital, is one of the leading M&A and corporate development experts in the media and marketing industry.

Prior to forming iZi Media Capital, Mark headed up the worldwide M&A and Corporate Development practice for J. Walter Thompson, part of the WPP Group. While with WPP, the largest marketing and communications conglomerate in the world, Mark oversaw the strategic development of Thompson Connect Worldwide, the company’s non-traditional advertising and marketing services network. With the creation of Thompson Connect, Mark helped extend the company’s core business – mass media advertising – into critical new areas, focusing on the emerging technologies that created important digital and interactive capabilities for the company. During his tenure, he was responsible for the acquisition and development of twenty companies and divisions, and has controlled businesses and transactions that range from $10M to $1B.

Mark was graduated from both the University of Michigan Business and Law Schools (1989 and 1992, respectively; High Distinction Honors).