Lawrence Horwitz

Larry coordinates deal flow, analysis and staff activity. He has founded and grown several companies including a financial services company serving medical and allied health professionals, national and international restaurant chains, and a direct-selling women’s apparel company. He has served as a Chief of Staff and has been a friend and colleague of Fred Mayerson for over 20 years.

Larry has served as a director and trustee of various civic and performing arts organizations including the National Endowment for the Arts. His entrepreneurial endeavors include: re-establishing U.S. commerce with The People’s Republic of China in 1971 and an attempt to purchase the Berlin Wall in 1989, as well as the founding and operation of 3 businesses.

He was an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management at the University of Cincinnati Lindner College of Business and a faculty member at Thomas More College in Kentucky. Larry has a BA in Foreign Affairs from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.