About Marc
Marc Spilker is a Founding Member of GPS Investment Partners, LLC and the Executive Chairman of Merchant Investment Management, LLC. From 2010 to 2014, Mr. Spilker was President of Apollo Global Management and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. In 2010, prior to joining Apollo, Mr. Spilker retired from Goldman Sachs following a 20-year career with the firm. At Goldman he served as co-head of the Investment Management Division (IMD) and was also a member of the firmwide Management and Risk Committees.
Mr. Spilker is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of The New 42nd Street, Inc. and serves on the Third Way Board of Trustees, where he is the Founder of Third Way’s Capital Markets Initiative. He is also a board member of CoVenture, FS Investments, Maxim Capital Group, LLC, and The Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine Advisory Board at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Additionally, he is a Founding Member of the K3 Council at the Japan Society and is a member of the Social Finance, Inc. Advisory Council.
Mr. Spilker previously was the Chairman of Chiron Investment Management, LLC, he served on the Investment Advisory Committee at Google and was a member of the American Stock Exchange and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He also served on the boards of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, the Stone and Bridge Street Funds, BrokerTec and Bondbook, LLC. Additionally, he served on the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Undergraduate Executive Board, the Advisory Board for Mount Sinai’s Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology and was the former Chairman of the RFK Leadership Council at the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
Mr. Spilker received the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award in 2010, the Wharton Alumni Award for Distinguished Service in 2016, and the Marian Heiskell Award from The New 42nd Street in 2020. He was also honored at the AIPAC Wall Street Dinner in 2013. He is a committed supporter of independent public affairs documentaries and has provided funding for three prime time PBS specials, all of which received critical acclaim and numerous awards. These films include Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century: The Resurgence (PBS 2007), Jerusalem: Center of the World (PBS, 2009), The Jewish Journey: America (PBS, 2015) and Viral: Antisemitism in Four Mutations (PBS, 2020). Mr. Spilker also supported an independently produced documentary short about the life of pianist Byron Janis and a five-part media series for The New 42nd Street, Inc.
Mr. Spilker graduated with a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.