Mark Hardwick

Chief Executive Officer at FIRST MERCHANTS CORPORATION

Net worth: 6 M $ as of 30/07/2026

55 year

56 connections

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Mark K.
Hardwick is currently Chief Executive Officer & Director at First Merchants Corp.
(Indiana) and First Merchants Bank (Muncie, Indiana) since 2021.
Current roles also include Trustee at Ball State University (Indiana) and Member at Next Muncie.
Formerly, Mr. Hardwick was Senior Accountant at BKD LLP from 1994 to 1997.
Education includes undergraduate and MBAistration degrees from Ball State University (Indiana).

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
FIRST MERCHANTS CORPORATION 0.24%	02/08/2026	150,525 ( 0.24% )	6 M $	30/07/2026

Mark Hardwick active positions

Companies	Position	Start
FIRST MERCHANTS CORPORATION	Chief Executive Officer	31/12/2020
First Merchants Bank (Muncie, Indiana) First Merchants Bank (Muncie, Indiana) Regional BanksFinance Provides investment advice & other commercial banking services	Chief Executive Officer	31/12/2020
Ball State University (Indiana) Ball State University (Indiana) Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Director/Board Member	-
Next Muncie	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

All active positions of Mark Hardwick

Former positions of Mark Hardwick

Companies	Position	End
BKD LLP BKD LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides financial accounting, auditing, tax and advisory services	Corporate Officer/Principal	31/10/1997

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Private companies	5
First Merchants Corp. (Indiana) First Merchants Corp. (Indiana) Major BanksFinance Operates as a bank holding company whose subsidiary provides financial services	Finance
First Merchants Bank (Muncie, Indiana) First Merchants Bank (Muncie, Indiana) Regional BanksFinance Provides investment advice & other commercial banking services	Finance
BKD LLP BKD LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides financial accounting, auditing, tax and advisory services	Commercial Services
Ball State University (Indiana) Ball State University (Indiana) Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Next Muncie