Scott Markman

Scott has over 45 years of experience with clients in a diverse array of sectors, including industrial products, financial & professional services, healthcare, technology, consumer products, retail, and the arts. Much of that work sits at the intersection of branding and value creation — helping organizations define and communicate what makes them worth owning, partnering with, or investing in.

He has worked in private equity since 1996, when he created the Antares Capital brand from Day One. Since then, he has worked with 100+ PE sector clients, including sponsors, credit providers, family wealth offices, and industry consultants, and with 50+ PE portfolio companies spanning industrial & distribution, professional services, healthcare, and technology. Scott’s work in this space is rooted in the belief that strong brand equity is a direct driver of portfolio company performance and exit value.

Scott has been featured in Pensions & Investments, PEI, The Wall Street Journal, Advertising Age, ARD German TV, Chicago Tribune, Crain’s Chicago Business, China Daily USA, CNBC, Forbes.com, Industry Week, NPR, The Atlantic, WGN Radio, Xinhua (China’s press agency), Women’s Wear Daily and Yahoo! Finance. In 2013, Scott also appeared on the AMC reality series The Pitch.

Scott graduated with a B.F.A. with a concentration in Marketing from WashU.