Marian Rusnak

Current

senior investment manager at State General Reserve Fund

Past

Investment Manager at Swicorp
Associate at The Riverside Company
_ at Venture Investors

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Education

University of Economics, Bratislava

Recommended

3 people have recommended Marian

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Marian Rusnak’s Summary

passion for equity investing - bottom-up approach

8 years of comprehensive, top quartile private equity and mergers and acquisitions experience, spanning Western and Central Europe and the Middle East.
Transacting ability throughout all stages – deal sourcing, acquisitions, portfolio company management and exits.
Knowledge of best practices of top quartile private equity firms. Understanding of the private equity industry.

experience in:
- private equity (top quartile)
- mergers and acquisitions advisory

industries:
- general; IT and media; energy and energy-related

geographies:
- Central Europe
- Western Europe
- Middle East

goal: investment management, very likely bottom-up equity investing, most likely either with a hedge fund, or a private equity fund

Marian Rusnak’s Specialties:

- leveraged buy-outs
- best practices in private equity
- fundamental approach to equity investing
- Central Europe
- mergers and acquisitions
- active ownership of companies - shareholder value creation
- information technology industry

Marian Rusnak’s Experience

senior investment manager

State General Reserve Fund

(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

February 2009 — Present (6 months)
Investment Manager

Swicorp

(Privately Held; Investment Banking industry)

August 2007 — January 2009 (1 year 6 months)

Swicorp Joussour invests in equity stakes in the energy and energy related sectors across the Gulf and the MENA regions.
- both majority and minority stakes
- in private and also some public equity
- enterprise values of $100m+; equity stakes per deal $50m+
Associate

The Riverside Company

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

June 2003 — March 2007 (3 years 10 months)

leveraged buy-outs in the EUR 10m to 100m (ent.v.) deal size range on pan-European basis, without sector focus
transacting in all its phases: from deal sourcing, through acquisition, portfolio company management to exits
_

Venture Investors

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Investment Banking industry)

October 2000 — April 2003 (2 years 7 months)

cross-border M&A advisory based in Prague. Mainly sell side mandates in the IT industry.
$2m to $20m deal sizes.

Marian Rusnak’s Education

University of Economics, Bratislava

Master's , business and economics , 1995 — 2000

Additional Information

Marian Rusnak’s Interests:

running money (long-short equity, technology stocks, 5 years+ track record of 15%+ over top indices average)

Marian Rusnak’s Groups:

private equity staffing, investment management

PHF KE Alumni
XING.com
Plaxo.com
Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
Hedge Fund Group (HFG)
Family Offices Group
Private Equity Investment Group
Mutual and/or Hedge Funds who would like investors in Europe or emerging markets.
Czech & Slovak Professional Community
Global Private Equity & Venture Capital
Investment Experts
Sovereign Wealth Group
M & A advisors
GCC Finance Professionals
InvitesWelcome.com (Open Networkers)
Gulf Connexions
MENA Private Equity