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Kirk Koenigsbauer is on the board of Thomson Reuters Corp. and COO & VP-Experiences & Devices Group at Microsoft Corp. He previously was General Manager-Software & Video Games Stores at Amazon.com, Inc. Mr. Koenigsbauer received an undergraduate degree from Colby College.

Ian Maxwell Kirk is an Irish businessperson who has been at the head of 9 different companies. Presently, Mr. Kirk is Chairman of Centriq Insurance Co. Ltd., Chairman at Stalker Hutchison Admiral (Pty) Ltd. and Non-Executive Chairman at Sanlam Emerging Markets (Pty) Ltd. He is also Member-Presidential State Owned Enterprise Council at Government of South Africa and on the board of 20 other companies. In the past he was Chairman at Vumelana Advisory Fund Npc, Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at Sanlam Ltd. Deputy Group CEO & Executive Director at Santam Ltd. and Group Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at Sanlam Life Insurance Ltd. (both are subsidiaries of Sanlam Ltd.), Managing Director at Aga Holdings Ltd, Chairman for Standard General Insurance Co. Ltd., Chief Executive Officer for Capital Alliance Holdings Ltd., Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Liberty Group Ltd. and Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Inc.

Kirk Stephen Hachigian is currently the Chairman at Allegion Plc, an Independent Director at NextEra Energy, Inc., an Independent Director at PACCAR, Inc., a Director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, a Director at the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, a Director at the National Association of Manufacturers, and an Independent Director at L3Harris Technologies, Inc. Previously, Mr. Hachigian served as the President & CEO-Asia Pacific Operations Unit at GE Lighting Solutions LLC from 1997 to 2001.
He was also the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Cooper Power Systems LLC and the Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Cooper Industries Unlimited Co. from 2001 to 2012.
Additionally, he served as the Executive Chairman at JELD-WEN, Inc. from 2015 to 2018 and as the Chairman at JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. from 2016 to 2019.
Mr. Hachigian has also held positions as a Director at American Standard Cos., Inc., Forethought Financial Services, Inc., Cooper Controls (UK) Ltd., and Trane, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1982 and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1986.

Founder of Megahertz Corp., Spencer F. Kirk is on the board of Extra Space Storage, Inc. (former Chief Executive Officer & Director) and Extra Space Storage LP. In the past Mr. Kirk was Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Megahertz Corp. He received an undergraduate degree and an MBA from the University of Utah.

Christopher MacDonald Kirk is currently the Chairman at ISG (Group Services) Ltd., Chairman at Compass Ltd.
(Bermuda), and a Member-Executive Board at Geneva Trading & Shipping Association.
Previously, he served as the Chief Executive Officer & Head-IT at SGS SA from 1981 to 2015.
He was also the Chairman at Athletes World Ltd.
(Canada) and held the position of Non-Executive Director at Bata India Ltd.
from 2017 to 2019.
Additionally, he worked as the Manager-Operations & Business Development at SGS New Zealand Ltd.
from 1981 to 1987.
Mr. Kirk completed his undergraduate degree at The University of Wales.

Kirk W. Walters occupies the position of Director & Senior Executive Vice President at People's United Financial, Inc. and Director & Senior EVP-Corporate Development at People's United Bank NA (Bridgeport, Connecticut) (a subsidiary of People's United Financial, Inc.). In his past career Mr. Walters was Senior Vice President & Controller at Calfed, Inc., Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Northeast Federal Corp., CFO, CAO, Director & Senior Executive VP at Santander Holdings USA, Inc., Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President for Chittenden Corp. and Chief Financial & Administrative Officer at Santander Bank, NA (Wilmington, Delaware). He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California.

Kerkor 'Kirk' Kerkorian (born June 6, 1917), known by his nickname 'the smiling cobra,' is an American businessman who is the president/CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California. Kerkorian is known as one of the important figures in shaping Las Vegas and, with architect Martin Stern, Jr. the 'father of the mega-resort.'

Early years
Kirk Kerkorian was born on June 6, 1917 in Fresno, California, to Armenian immigrant parents. Dropping out of school in 8th grade, he became a fairly skilled amateur boxer under the tutelage of his older brother, fighting under the name 'Rifle Right Kerkorian' to win the Pacific amateur welterweight championship.

In 1939, he met Ted O'Flaherty, for whom he installed wall furnaces that heated water. O'Flaherty was taking flying lessons, and having taken no interest before Kerkorian took a guest seat one day and was converted on the views of the Californian coast.

On sensing the oncoming World War II, and not wanting to join the infantry, he learned to fly at the Happy Bottom Riding Club in the Mojave Desert — adjacent to the USAF's Muroc Field, now Edwards Air Force Base. In exchange for flying lessons from pioneer aviatrix Pancho Barnes, he agreed to milk and look after her cattle.

On gaining his commercial pilot's license in six months, Kerkorian learned that the British Royal Air Force was ferrying Canadian built de Havilland Mosquitos over the north Atlantic to Scotland. The Mosquito's fuel tank carried enough fuel for convert|1400|mi, while the trip directly was convert|2200|mi. Rather than take the safer Montreal–Labrador–Greenland–Iceland–Scotland route (although, going further north could mean the wings icing and distorting, and the plane crashing); Kerkorian preferred the direct 'Iceland Wave' route which blew the planes at jet-speed to Europe – but it wasn't constant, and could mean ditching. The fee was $1,000 per flight, but the statistics were that only one in four completed the journey. In May 1944, Kerkorian and his Wing Commander J.D. Woolridge rode the wave and broke the old crossing record. Woolridge got to Scotland in six hours, 46 minutes; Kerkorian, in seven hours, nine minutes. In two and a half years with RAF Ferry Command, Kerkorian delivered 33 planes, logged thousands of hours, traveled to four continents and flew his first four-engine plane.

After the war, having saved most of his wages, Kerkorian spent $5,000 on a Cessna. He worked as a general aviation pilot, and made his first visit to Las Vegas in 1944. After spending much time in Las Vegas during the 1940s, Kerkorian quit gambling and in 1947 paid $60,000 for Trans International Airlines, which was a small air-charter service which flew gamblers from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. He then bid on some war surplus bombers, using money on loan from the Seagrams family. Gasoline, and especially airplane fuel, was in short supply at the time, so he sold the fuel from the planes' tanks, paid off his loan – and still had the airplanes. He operated the airline until 1968 when he sold it for $104 million to the Transamerica Corporation.

Kerkorian and Las Vegas
In 1962, Kerkorian bought convert|80|acre in Las Vegas, across the Las Vegas Strip from the Flamingo, for $960,000. This purchase led to the building of Caesars Palace, which rented the land from Kerkorian; the rent and eventual sale of the land to Caesars in 1968 made Kerkorian $9 million.

In 1967, he bought convert|82|acre of land on Paradise Road in Las Vegas for $5 million and, with architect Martin Stern, Jr., built the International Hotel, which at the time was the largest hotel in the world; The first two performers to appear at the hotel's enormous Showroom Internationale were Barbra Streisand and Elvis Presley. Presley brought in some 4,200 customers (and potential gamblers), every day, for 30 days straight, breaking in the process all attendance records in the county's history. Kerkorian's International Leisure also bought the Flamingo Hotel; eventually both hotels were sold to the Hilton Hotels Corporation and were renamed the Las Vegas Hilton and the Flamingo Hilton, respectively.

After he purchased the MGM movie studio in 1969, Kerkorian (with architect Martin Stern Jr.) opened the original MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, larger than the Empire State Building and the largest hotel in the world at the time it was finished. On November 21, 1980, the original MGM Grand burned in a fire that was one of the worst disasters in Las Vegas history. The Clark County Fire Department reported 84 deaths in the fire; there were 87 deaths total, including three which occurred later as a result of injuries sustained in the fire. Amazingly, the MGM Grand reopened after only 8 months. Almost three months after the MGM fire, the Las Vegas Hilton caught fire, killing eight people.

In 1986, Kerkorian sold the MGM Grand hotels in Las Vegas and Reno for $594 million to Bally Manufacturing. The Las Vegas property was subsequently renamed Bally's. Spun off from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM Resorts International owns and operates several properties, including the Bellagio, the current MGM Grand resort complex, The Mirage, the New York-New York, Circus Circus, Mandalay Bay, The Luxor, Excalibur and the newly completed CityCenter in Las Vegas.

MGM sold its Treasure Island Hotel and Casino property to billionaire and former New Frontier owner Phil Ruffin for $750 million.

MGM
In 1969, Kerkorian appointed James T. Aubrey, Jr. as president of MGM. Aubrey downsized the struggling MGM and sold off massive amounts of historical memorabilia, including Dorothy's ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz, the majority of the studio's backlots in Culver City and overseas operations such as the British MGM studio at Borehamwood. Kerkorian sold MGM's distribution system in 1973, and gradually distanced himself from the daily operation of the studio. In 1979, Kerkorian issued a statement claiming that MGM was now primarily a hotel company; however, he also managed to expand the overall film library and production system with the purchase of United Artists from Transamerica in 1981. In 1986, he sold the studios to Ted Turner.

Turner kept ownership of the combined MGM/UA for just 74 days. Both studios had huge debts and Turner simply could not afford to keep them under those circumstances; to recoup his investment, he sold all of United Artists and the MGM trademark back to Kerkorian. (though Turner kept the pre-1986 MGM and pre-1950 Warner Bros. libraries after the purchase of MGM/UA) The studio lot was sold to Lorimar-Telepictures, which was later acquired by Warner Bros.; in 1990, the lot was sold to Sony Corporation's Columbia TriStar Pictures in exchange for the half of Warner's lot they'd rented since the 1970s. Also in 1990, the MGM studio was purchased by Italian financier Giancarlo Parretti, but Parretti defaulted on the loans he'd used to buy the studio, leaving the studio in the hands of the French bank, Credit Lyonnais. Credit Lyonnais invested significant sums to revive the moribund studio and eventually sold it back to Kerkorian in 1996. Kerkorian soon expanded the company, purchasing Orion Pictures, The Samuel Goldwyn Company and Motion Picture Corporation of America from John Kluge's Metromedia in 1998, and a majority to the pre-1996 [Filmed Entertainment] from its parent Philips, which was in process to sell PolyGram to Seagram. Seagram eventually merged PFE into Universal Studios (which acquired in 1995 after they merged with MCA)

In 2005, Kerkorian sold MGM once more to a consortium led by Sony. He retained a 55% stake in MGM Mirage.

On November 22, 2006, Kerkorian's Tracinda investment corporation offered to buy 15 million shares of MGM Mirage to increase his stake in the gambling giant to 61.7% from 56.3%, if approved.

In May 2009, following the completion of a $1 billion dollar stock offering by MGM Mirage, Kerkorian and Tracinda lost their majority ownership of the gaming company, dropping from 53.8 percent to 39 percent and even after pledging to purchase 10 percent of the new stock offering they now remain minority owners.

Automobile industry
Kerkorian has had an on again/off again relationship with the American auto industry. His involvement began in 1995, when with the assistance of retired Chrysler chairman and CEO Lee Iacocca, Kerkorian staged a takeover attempt on the Chrysler Corporation. Chrysler's management treated the takeover as hostile, and after a lengthy battle, Kerkorian canceled his plans and sold his Chrysler stake in 1996. As part of the settlement, Iacocca was placed under a gag order forbidding him from discussing Chrysler in public or print for five years. Two years later, Chrysler management agreed to be acquired by German automaker Daimler-Benz.

Kerkorian once owned 9.9 percent of General Motors (GM). According to press accounts from June 30, 2006, Kerkorian suggested that Renault acquire a 20 percent stake in GM to rescue GM from itself. A letter from Tracinda to Rick Wagoner was released to the public, to pressure GM's executive hierarchy, but talks failed. On November 22, 2006 Kerkorian sold 14 million shares of his GM stake (it is speculated that this action was due to GM's rejection of Renault and Nissan's bids for stakes in the company as both of these bids were strongly supported by Kerkorian); the sale resulted in GM's share price falling 4.1% from its November 20 price, although it remained above $30/share. The sale lowered Kerkorian's holding to around 7% of GM. On November 30, 2006 Tracinda said it had agreed to sell another 14 million shares of GM, cutting Kerkorian's stake to half of what it had been earlier that year. By the end of November 2006, he had sold substantially all of his remaining GM shares. After Kerkorian sold, GM lost more than 90% of its value, falling as low as $1/share by May 2009, and filed bankruptcy on June 1, 2009.

On April 5, 2007, Kirk Kerkorian made a $4.58 billion bid for the Chrysler Group, the U.S. arm of Daimler-Chrysler. After Daimler-Chrysler announced they were interested in selling the Chrysler division on February 14, large investors such as Cerberus Capital Management, The Blackstone Group and Magna International each announced intentions to bid on the company. Kerkorian's bid, while not expected, was not surprising given his long involvement in the U.S. automobile industry. During the bidding process, he sought the aid of his close associate Jerome York who was a former CFO at both Chrysler and IBM. On May 14, 2007 80% of the Chrysler arm of Daimler-Chrysler was sold to Cerberus for $7.4 billion.

Kerkorian began buying Ford Motor Company stock in April 2008, and spent about $1 billion to accumulate a 6% stake in the automaker. By October 2008, the investment had lost two thirds of its value, and he began selling. Tracinda explained, 'In light of current economic and market conditions, it sees unique value in the gaming and hospitality and oil and gas industries and has, therefore, decided to reallocate its resources and to focus on those industries.'
On October 21, Tracinda sold the 7.3 million Ford shares at an average price of $2.43, and said it planned to cut further its existing 6.1 percent stake in Ford, for a potential total loss of more than half a billion dollars. Kerkorian sold his remaining stake in Ford on December 29, 2008.

Personal life
Married three times, Kerkorian met his second wife Jean Maree Harbour-Hardy by happenstance at the Thunderbird, in Las Vegas. Ms. Harbour-Hardy, an accomplished choreographer and dancer from England, traveled the world instructing dance troupes. By chance, they met and fell in love while she was sent to check opportunities to choreograph a performance in Las Vegas. His most enduring marriage (1954–84) produced Kerkorian's two daughters, Tracy and Linda. The name of Kerkorian's personal holding company – Tracinda Corporation – is a portmanteau of the two daughters' names. Also named after his two daughters, Kerkorian's Lincy Foundation has made substantial charitable contributions, giving prominence to Armenian causes. Although divorced, they remain close friends and confidants. Ms. Harbour-Hardy Kerkorian is financially successful in her own right.

Kerkorian's short-lived third marriage (1999) was to professional tennis player Lisa Bonder, 48 years his junior, which under a prenuptial agreement lasted only one month. He subsequently was involved in a breach of privacy suit filed against him by Steve Bing. Kerkorian claimed Bing was the father of Bonder's daughter, which was later established by DNA testing. On August 10, 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported that Kerkorian's attorneys were being sued by Bonder because of their connection to former high-profile private investigator Anthony Pellicano, who is currently serving a fifteen-year prison sentence for running a wiretapping scheme. Bonder's attorney alleges that Kerkorian's lawyers hired Pellicano to wiretap telephone calls illegally between him and Kerkorian's ex-wife in order to gain a tactical advantage in the divorce proceedings.

Kerkorian often plays tennis with Alex Yemenidjian, a former MGM executive now co-owner of the Tropicana Las Vegas resort. He has a penchant for expensive clothes (especially custom-made outfits by Italian designer Brioni), but drives relatively low cost vehicles such as a Pontiac Firebird, Jeep Grand Cherokee and a Ford Taurus.

Kerkorian splits his time between his residences in Beverly Hills, California and Las Vegas.

The fourth richest person in Los Angeles, he may also be one of the most private. He almost never gives interviews and seldom appears in public. Even though his charitable foundation has dispensed more than $200 million and a school, he has never allowed anything to be named in his honor. On February 14, 2011, Kerkorian donated $200 million (The Lincy Foundation) to the University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA to create the 'Dream Fund at UCLA'. He received the Mesrob Mashdots Medal from the Republic of Armenia for his services to Armenia and its people in 2001.

Wealth
His net worth in 2008, according to Forbes magazine, was $16.0 billion, making him the world's 41st richest person at that time. By 2011, Kerkorian was among those hardest hit by stock market recession as his net worth tumbled to $3.2 billion. He is currently listed as the 310th richest person.

Mr. Randal J. Kirk is a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Intrexon Corp., a Chairman at Harvest Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a CEO, Senior Managing Director & Founder at Third Security LLC and a Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at New River Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He is on the Board of Directors at Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine. Mr. Kirk was previously employed as a Chairman by Cyntellect, Inc., an Independent Director by Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc., a Chairman by Clinical Data, Inc., a Chairman by ECDS LLC, a Co-Founder by KP Pharmaceuticals LLC, a Chairman by General Injectables & Vaccines, Inc., a Chairman by Pinnacle Pharmaceuticals LLC, and a Chairman by SouthernSun Asset Management LLC. He also served on the board at ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc., Radford University, Howe & Rusling, Inc., Scios, Inc., Radford University Foundation, Inc. and Talkflow Systems LLC. He received his undergraduate degree from Radford University and a graduate degree from the University of Virginia.

Presently, J. Christopher Kirk occupies the position of Global Chief Operating Officer at CBRE Group, Inc., Global Chief Operating Officer at CBRE, Inc. and Chief Administrative Officer of CB Richard Ellis (Louisville) LLC (both are subsidiaries of CBRE Group, Inc.) and Chief Operating Officer for CBRE Ltd. In his past career Mr. Kirk was Partner at Vinson & Elkins LLP and Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel at Trammell Crow Co. LLC. Mr. Kirk received an MBA and an undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin and a graduate degree from The University of Texas School of Law.

Currently, Stephen F. Kirk holds the position of Chairman of Valvoline, Inc. He is also on the board of Cleveland State University, Vocational Guidance Services and The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers and Chairman for Cleveland State University Foundation. In his past career he held the position of Chairman-Petroleum Additives Panel at American Chemistry Council, Inc., Chief Operating Officer & Senior Vice President at Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. and Chief Operating Officer & Senior Vice President of The Lubrizol Corp. He received an MBA from Cleveland State University and a graduate degree and an undergraduate degree from Cornell University.

Jason Kirk holds the position of Chief Information Security Officer for WSP Global, Inc. Mr. Kirk received an MBA, a graduate degree and an undergraduate degree from The University of Nottingham.

Kirk T. Larsen holds the position of Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President of Black Knight, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Black Knight Financial Services LLC and Chief Financial Officer & Director at Black Knight Financial Services, Inc. (both are subsidiaries of Black Knight, Inc.) and President, CFO & Principal Accounting Officer at New BKH Corp. Mr. Larsen is also on the board of NCR Corp. In the past Mr. Larsen was Director-Investor Relations & Investments at Rockwell Automation, Inc., Treasurer & Executive Vice President-Finance at Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. Treasurer & Vice President-Investor Relations at Metavante Corp. and Treasurer of Metavante Technologies, Inc. (both are subsidiaries of Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.), Chief Financial Officer for ServiceLink Holdings LLC and Audit Manager at Ernst & Young LLP. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin.

Kirk A Behrens is currently the Chief Information Officer at Aon Health Solutions Business and the EVP-Operations, Technology & Data Analytics at Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc. Previously, he served as the Vice Chairman at ACORD Corp.
from 2020 to 2021 and as the Chief Information Officer at Aon Global Ltd.
(United Kingdom).
Mr. Behrens completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Iowa.

Kirk Roberts is the founder of Web Networks, which was founded in 1986.
He worked at Open Text Corp.
from 1996 to 2010 as EVP-Product Solutions & Marketing.

Kirk Sawyer worked as a Principal at Brunswick Corp., Honeywell, Inc., and Coleman Research Corp.
He also served as the Chief Financial Officer & Vice President at Coleman Technologies LLC.
Sawyer earned an undergraduate degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1984, an MBA from Rollins College (Florida) in 1993, and a graduate degree from the University of South Florida in 1989.

Kirk Bloede is currently a Director at Technology Credit Union since 2014.
Prior to this, he worked as a Director at Newforth Partners LLC and as a Principal at Smith Barney & Co., Inc.

Kirk Howard Lusk's current job is as the Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. Formerly, Mr. Lusk held positions as the Chief Financial Officer at Employers Reinsurance Corp.
from 1998 to 2004, the Chief Operating & Financial Officer at Alea Group Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd.
from 2005 to 2008, the Chief Financial Officer at Narragansett Bay Insurance Co. from 2013 to 2018, and the Chief Financial Officer at Aetna Corp.
from 2008 to 2012.
Mr. Lusk obtained an undergraduate degree from The Colorado College and an MBA from the University of Connecticut.

Kirk R.
Johnson is currently the Chief Investment Officer & Executive VP at Watson Land Co. and a Member at Society of Industrial & Office REALTORS.
He was previously the President at NAIOP, Inc. He obtained an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Kirk R.
Malmberg is currently the President & Chief Executive Officer at Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta and a Trustee at The Georgia Conservancy.
He previously worked as a Principal at SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., Southwest Corporate Federal Credit Union, and Gill Savings Association.
He was also the Senior Vice President-Treasury at Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago.
From 2001 to 2020, he worked at Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, where he served as the Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President from 2019 to 2020.
Mr. Malmberg received his undergraduate degree from Trinity University and his MBA from Rice University.

Mr. Feldhus joined TIM in 2005 when the firm acquired Westcap Investors, LLC.
Prior to Westcap, he served as Vice President at Crystal Cove Capital.
He has worked as a Research Associate at Banc of America Securities and as a Management Consultant at Ernst & Young.
He earned a B.S.
from Colorado State University and an M.B.A.
from The Marshall School at the University of Southern California.

Kirk Edward Shaw is the founder of Beretta Ventures Ltd.
(2011) and Appreciated Media Holdings, Inc. (2014).
He was the President, CEO, Secretary & Director of Beretta Ventures Ltd.
from 2011 to 2013.
Currently, he is a Director & Senior Officer at Blizzard Finance Corp.
(since 2015) and a Director at Antares Ventures, Inc. (since 2018).
Mr. Shaw's former positions include President, Chief Executive Officer & Director of Empire Metals Corp.
(1999-2017), President, CEO, Secretary & Director of Sophia Capital Corp.
(2010-2013), President & Chief Executive Officer of Insight Film Studios Ltd.
(2010-2015), Chief Executive Officer of Wonderfilm Media Corp., Director of Totally Hip Technologies, Inc. (2009-2018), Independent Director of Bearing Lithium Corp.
(2014-2017), Independent Director of Optimus Gold Corp.
(2007-2015), and President of American Housing Income Trust, Inc. (2009).

Kirk McCaskill currently works at BRANDitTV, Inc., as Executive Vice President from 2005.

Kirk W.
Johnson served as Vice President & Controller at Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
from 1988 to 1997.
He also worked as Chief Financial Officer at AG Associates, Inc. and Torrex Equipment Corp.
Later, he served as Chief Financial Officer at Integrated Materials, Inc. from 2003 to 2011.
He also held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Guide Technology, Inc., SCIFINITI, Inc., and Atonarp, Inc. Additionally, he earned an undergraduate degree and an MBA from Whittier College.

Prior to joining Hovde Capital Advisors, Mr. Rostron was Director and Head of U.S.
Capital Introduction in the Global Equity Finance and Services Group at Merrill Lynch.
Before joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Rostron founded and later sold HedgeCall.com, a service of Investor Broadcast Network.
In addition, Mr. Rostron has raised capital for both hedge funds and fund of funds on a global basis.

David Edward Kirk is the founder of Bailador Investment Management Pty Ltd.
(2010) and Bailador Technology Investments Ltd.
(2014).
He is also the founder of SMI Operations Pty Ltd.
Dr. Kirk's current job(s) include Chairman at Forsyth Barr Ltd., KMD Brands Ltd., The Sydney Festival Ltd., Sydney Grammar School Foundation Ltd., Sydney Grammar School Trust, Foodshare Ltd., Rosterfy Pty Ltd.
(Australia), Forsyth Barr Group Ltd., Sydney Medical School Foundation, SMI Holding Co. Pty Ltd., Instaclustr Pty Ltd.
(2018), David Kirk Pty Ltd., Instaclustr, Inc., New Zealand Performance Horses Ltd., and President of New Zealand Rugby Players' Association.
Dr. Kirk's former job(s) include Chief Executive Officer at Fairfax Media Ltd.
(2005-2008), Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director at Ovato Ltd.
(2003-2005), Chairman at The Hoyts Corp.
Pty Ltd., Independent Non-Executive Chairman at Trade Me Group Ltd., Chairman at New Zealand Food Network Ltd., Director at DocsCorp Pty Ltd., Viocorp International Pty Ltd., SiteMinder Ltd., P F Holdings Ltd., Kiwi Harvest Ltd., and New Zealand Food Rescue Trust, and Principal at Fletcher Challenge Energy and Fletcher Challenge Paper Ltd.
He also held the position of Regional President at Norske Skog (Australasia) Pty Ltd.
(2000-2003).
Dr. Kirk holds a doctorate degree from the University of Otago and an undergraduate degree from the University of Oxford.

Kirk Roland Neureiter is a Portfolio Manager who currently works at FIL Investments (Japan) Ltd.
and is also the President at Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Ltd.
He previously worked as a Portfolio Manager at Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC from 2008 to 2016.
Mr. Neureiter received his undergraduate degree from The College of Wooster in 1990.

Kirk F.
Sniff is a Partner of Strasburger & Price LLP.
Prior to his current position, he was Chairman and Managing Partner of Strasburger & Price.
Prior to joining Strasburger & Price, he was an Associate General Counsel for The Southland Corp.
(now 7-Eleven, Inc.).
Previously, he held various positions at EPA.
Mr. Sniff was Director of the Hazardous Waste Enforcement Division of the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring from 1983 to 1984 and Director of the Office of Legal and Enforcement Policy in the EPA's Office of General Counsel from 1982 to 1983.
He received a BA degree from Colorado State University in 1973 and a JD from Southern Methodist University in 1976.

William F.
Kirk is currently the Chairman at Advanced BioNutrition Corp., and also holds positions as a Director at DNA Plant Technology Corp.
and Protein Technologies International, Inc. Previously, he served as a Director at Targeted Growth, Inc., InsectiGen, Inc., Athena Biotechnologies, Inc., Longwood Gardens, Inc., and EIDP, Inc. Additionally, he was a Group Vice President at EIDP, Inc. Mr. Kirk obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois in 1964.

Kirk Brewster Griswold is the founder.
He founded Argosy Private Equity in 1990 and serves as a Founding Partner.
He also founded Argosy Capital Group LLC (Pennsylvania) in 1990 and holds the title of Partner.
Mr. Griswold's current job(s) include being the Chairman of Rita's Water Ice Franchise Co. LLC.
He is also an Independent Director at Bentley Systems, Inc. since 2002.
Additionally, he serves on the Investment Committee at Princeton Theological Seminary and is a Principal at Argosy Real Estate.
In the past, Mr. Griswold held positions as a Board Director at Greater Philadelphia Venture Group, an Engineer at Wilmerding Licensing Corp., the President of Small Business Investor Alliance, and a Manager at Corporate Decisions, Inc.Mr. Griswold completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia in 1984.
He also obtained an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1988.

Kirk J.
Isaacson is Vice President of Global and General Counsel for Torex Retail Holdings Ltd.
Prior to joining Torex, he worked with SSA Global Technologies, Inc., Unisys Corp.
and Digital Equipment Corp.
Mr. Isaacson received a JD from the Loyola Law School in Chicago in 1980.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology.

Kirk E.
Kaalberg is currently a Director at Limolink, Inc. and The AdTrack Corp.
He previously held Director positions at Archon Woodworks, Inc., Dynamic Broadband Corp., Dialysis Systems, Inc., and was a Principal at McLeod USA, Inc. from 1992 to 1999.
He also served as Vice President at Zea Capital Fund LLC, Principal at Telecom USA Publishing Group, Inc., and Senior Partner at AAVIN Equity Advisors LLC.
Mr. Kaalberg holds an MBA from Trinity University and an undergraduate degree from Central College.

Chris Kirk worked as an Owner at Kirk Enterprises.
Prior to that, he obtained an undergraduate degree from the University of Idaho in 1978.

Jeffrey Kirk worked as a Director at Cosmo Oil KK.

Kirk Hasserjian is currently a Director at AKHAN Semiconductor, Inc. He was previously an Independent Director at GT Advanced Technologies, Inc. He received a graduate degree from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree from the University of San Francisco.

Mr. Kirk Heinritz is Vice President-Global Sales & Operations at Enventure Global Technology LLC.
Mr. Heinritz was previously employed as a Principal by ConocoPhillips and Vice President-Human Resources by Baker Hughes, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Kirk R.
Maples worked as a Senior Vice President-Research at Centaur Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He also worked as a Clinical Assistant Professor at The University of New Mexico for a brief period.
Later, he worked as a Senior Vice President-Program Management at Anacor Pharmaceuticals LLC for 15 years.
Dr. Maples holds a doctorate degree from Duke University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri.

Kirk Michael Streckfus worked as a Senior Portfolio Manager at Thrivent Investment Management, Inc. from 2019 to 2022.
Prior to that, he was a Senior Equity Research Analyst at Calamos Advisors LLC from 2016 to 2019.
He also worked as an Equity Analyst at TAMRO Capital Partners LLC from 2011 to 2013 and as a Principal at Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. Mr. Streckfus completed his undergraduate degree at Franklin & Marshall College.

Kirk Yang currently works at Gogolook Co., Ltd., as Director from 2023.
Mr. Yang also formerly worked at Ta Yang Group Holdings Ltd., as Independent Non-Executive Director from 2008 to 2016, Barclays Capital Asia Ltd., as Managing Director & Head of Regional Technology Ha in 2013, Linkage Technologies International Holdings Ltd., as Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Linkage Technology Co., Ltd., as Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Nomura International (Hong Kong) Ltd., as Head of Regional Technology Hardware Research, IBM (China) Co. Ltd., as Principal, Citigroup Global Markets Asia Ltd., as Head of Research-Asia Tech Hardware, and Accenture (China) Co. Ltd., as Principal.
Mr. Yang received his Masters Business Admin degree in 1996 from The University of Chicago and undergraduate degree and graduate degree from Purdue University.

Kirk J.
Zimmer currently works at The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, as Member, American College of Healthcare Executives, as Member, and Healthcare Financial Management Association, as Member.
Mr. Zimmer also formerly worked at South Dakota State Medical Holding Co., Inc., as Chief Executive Officer from 2005 to 2015, South Dakota State Medical Holding Co., Inc. (Invt Port), as Chief Executive Officer, Sanford Health Plan, as President, and Sanford Health Plan (Investment Portfolio), as Executive Vice President.
Mr. Zimmer received his undergraduate degree from St. Cloud State University.