Mark Gerson

Mark Gerson is the Co-founder and Chairman of Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) and is currently based in New York City, New York. He established the expert network industry in 1998 by co-founding GLG, which has since grown to encompass a global network of over one million independent professionals and more than two thousand corporate employees. Beyond his primary enterprise, Gerson has co-founded several other successful venture-backed businesses, including the influencer marketing platform Julius and the sports media company Thuzio. In the philanthropic sector, he serves as the Co-founder and Chairman of African Mission Healthcare and is a prominent financial supporter of United Hatzalah, an Israeli emergency medical service organization. As a graduate of Williams College and Yale Law School, Gerson maintains a dual professional focus on scaling global information services and advancing international medical philanthropy.