On today's show, Mark Kendell. You don’t know it, but you know him and/or his products. Mark is a purpose-driven serial entrepreneur and runs his family office focusing on direct investments and what he calls “true impact” opportunities. Very early in his career, he founded Kendell & Associates, LLC a venture banking firm, specializing in the creation, financing, and operation of a broad spectrum of companies, innovations, and investment opportunities. Since that time, he has provided leadership as an entrepreneur and investor in building new innovative companies and technologies. His ventures have covered a wide range, from one of the original national chains of quick lubrication stores, SuperLube (later became Jiffy Lube); a Utah based pharmaceutical company, Royal Pharmaceutical Company, (technology ultimately acquired by GSK – becoming the product Abreva); an innovative research engine company, Intelisys / iArchives, (acquired by Ancestry.com); Great Western Aviation, one of the inter-mountain area’s leading general aviation FBO / charter companies (acquired by a Pvt. Equity Group); an innovative medical device company (acquired by G.E. Medical), to many real estate development projects internationally. His accelerator continues to develop other ideas from a very powerful AI engine for data analytics, cybersecurity, and other educational applications. Currently his focus is expanding a media / entertainment company Celeris Media Group, LLC which is creating new “principle based and family-friendly content” for motion pictures, television, book publishing, events, and video games. He is also expanding Previdence Corporation, an innovative personalized mental health platform in the mental health industry, and an eMobility company. As a result of his entrepreneurial ventures, he was awarded number 15 in the ACE (Venture Magazine) annual "Top 100 Young Entrepreneurs in the USA." He was also awarded the State of Utah’s “Pioneer of Progress” by the Governor of Utah for Science and Technology.
Mr. Kendell attended Weber State University in Business Administration, (Lacks one class to “officially graduate”). He is a frequent lecturer and participant in family office conferences and symposia on subjects ranging from impact investing, entrepreneurial development, technology development, direct investing, and related topics in the United States, Europe, China, Africa and Mexico. He and his wife have five children and 14 grandchildren and live in Huntsville, Utah. They enjoy skiing, hiking, water skiing and ranching. He loves aerobatic flying and studying ecclesiastical history. He loves serving on the Board of groups that make a measurable social impact. Get ready!
