| Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, MBA | 1996 |
| UC Berkeley, A.B. | 1992 |
| East Asian Languages (Japanese), high honors |
Investor and entrepreneur with a passion for innovations that “change the world.”
Chairman and CEO of Vestopia Inc., which levels the playing field for self-directed investors.
Co-founder and Chairman of Aquea Scientific Corp., winner of Popular Science magazine’s Grand Award, Personal Health “Best of What’s New” (2007) and Health & Beauty America’s “Best New Technology” (2006).
Co-founder and former Chairman and CEO of MyPoints.com, Inc., a membership club that rewards consumers. Led the company from inception as Intellipost Corp. in Nov. 1996 through its successful IPO (Aug. 1999) and secondary offering (Feb. 2000) and beyond.
Also has prior work experience as a securities analyst for Fidelity Investments and as a financial journalist for Dow Jones & Co., both in Tokyo. Fluent in Japanese. Prides self on rapid analysis, decisiveness, commitment and passion.
CAREER INTERESTS:
Interested in active and challenging Board of Directors or advisory positions at U.S. and Japanese/Asian companies.
Steve Markowitz’s Specialties: Entrepreneurship, consumer marketing, financial markets, investing, finance
