Mark Ein shares the latest on Washington Kastles

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 by JD Kathuria | No Comments

As most of us know, venture capitalist and entrepreneur Mark Ein spends most of his time focusing on potential technology and telecommunications investment opportunities for his holding company Venturehouse Group, LLC. But Ein is adding an entirely new element to his portfolio as head of an ownership group that has brought a World TeamTennis Pro League franchise to Washington, DC for the first time in the league’s 33-year history. In the following Q&A, Ein tells us what’s on tap for Washington Kastles this summer.

Can provide a brief history of your background?

Mark Ein: I’m a Washington DC native, went to Bethesda Chevy Chase High School and then went away for college and then got trained at Goldman Sachs, then went away to business school. I came back to Washington to work at The Carlyle Group when it was only five years old, in 1992. I worked and led a lot of their early telecom deals at Carlyle and helped get that effort started there. We had a number of investments that worked out really well.

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