Charles Corm II | |
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| Born | Charles David Corm January 31, 1974 Beirut, Lebanon |
| Education | Columbia Business School |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, Investor |
| Known for | Founding CORMCO, LLC (formerly known as Corm Capital Holdings, LLC) |
| Title | Founder and Managing Partner of CORMCO, LLC |
| Spouse | Lynn Dagher |
| Children | Carma, David |
| Parent(s) | David Corm, Maya Shahid |
| Relatives | Charles Corm (grandfather) Daoud Corm (great-grandfather) |
Charles David Corm II is a Lebanese entrepreneur and investor[1][2], who serves as Managing Partner of CORMCO, LLC (often referred to as CORMCO and formerly known as Corm Capital Holdings, LLC), a private investment company he founded in 1998 and focused on public and private companies in the global technology and biotechnology industries[3]. CORMCO invested in a string of high-profile IPOs, such as Broadcom in 1998[3], Nvidia in 1999[3], and Google in 2004[3], these three companies now being, more than 20 years later, among the most valuable technology companies in the world. CORMCO still held these equity positions as of December 2023.[3] Corm is listed in Marquis Who's Who in finance. He is also, like his grandfather before him, an officer of the Society for Human Rights, an American gay-rights organization established in Chicago in 1924 by Henry Gerber.[2]
Early life edit
Charles David Corm II was born on January 31, 1974, in Beirut, Lebanon. His mother, Maya Shahid, is a Lebanese Bahai painter and his father, David, is a Lebanese Maronite architect and businessman.[2] He is the grandson of Lebanese writer and industrialist Charles Corm. His great-grandfather is Lebanese painter Daoud Corm.[2] Corm was born in Beirut in 1974, a few months before the Lebanese Civil War erupted in 1975.
In late 1975, his parents sought refuge in Paris, where Corm grew up and attended school at Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, a highly selective Jesuit school ranked #1 lycée in France by the newspaper Le Figaro. He later attended Pars Dauphine University, from which he graduated in 1996 with an MSG in economics, management, and finance in 1996.
Corm then earned, in 2003, an M.B.A from Columbia Business School in New York City, where he lived seven years before returning to Beirut, Lebanon in October 2003.
Career edit
Corm started his career as a technology hedge fund analyst on Wall Street in 1997. In 1998, he quit his job to found CORMCO, a private investment company focused on public and private companies in the global technology and biotechnology industries.[3]
Through CORMCO, Corm invested in a string of high-profile IPOs, such as Broadcom in 1998[3], Nvidia in 1999[3], and Google in 2004[3], these three companies now being, more than 20 years later, among the most valuable technology companies in the world. In May 2024, CORMCO disclosed a sale of 304,531 shares of Nvidia Corporation.[4]
Personal life edit
Corm lives in Beirut, Lebanon, with his wife Lynn. They have two children, Carma and David.
References edit
- ^ Carla Henoud (24 September 2009) "Charles Corm, le visionaire", L'Orient-Le Jour. [1]
- ^ a b c d Franck Salameh Charles Corm: An Intellectual Biography
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "CORMCO, LLC • sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar/cormco_llc". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ "NVIDIA CORP • May 2024 Filings". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
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