Mark Jennings is Managing Partner and co-founder of Generation Partners. Mr. Jennings is responsible for the overall strategic direction, capital commitments and management of the Firm. Mr. Jennings operates out of the Firm's Greenwich, CT office.

Prior to founding Generation, Mr. Jennings spent nine years at Centre Partners, a private investment firm affiliated with Lazard Frères & Co., where he was elected Partner in 1991 at the age of 29. Mr. Jennings began his career at Goldman Sachs & Co. where he advised companies in the areas of financial strategy, public offerings, mergers & acquisitions and leveraged buyouts.

Through Generation and predecessor firms, Mr. Jennings has 20 years of experience in private equity investing. Mr. Jennings has served on the Board of Directors of 22 companies including: Sterling Infosystems - a leading employment information company; Virtual Radiologic Corporation (NASDAQ: VRAD) - the largest distributed teleradiology company; Agility Recovery Solutions - a leading disaster recovery provider; thePlatform - a developer of digital content software solutions; MedVance Institute - an education firm focused on healthcare occupations; Six Flags (NYSE: SIX) - the world's largest regional theme park company; Scientific Games (NASDAQ: SGMS) - a world leader in the lottery industry; Snyder Communications (NYSE: SNC) - a global direct marketing and advertising company; Muzak - the nation's leading background music provider; and inVentiv Health (NASDAQ: VTIV) - a leading provider of sales, marketing and data services to the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. Mr. Jennings also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Post University, a 117 year-old regionally-accredited University.

Mr. Jennings earned his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1986 and earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with Highest Honors from The University of Texas at Austin in 1984, where he graduated second in his class and received the University's Rhodes Scholarship nomination.