Mark McKenna
Portfolio Manager-Equities at BlackRock Advisors LLC
Profile
Mr. Mark McKenna is a Managing Director at BlackRock Advisors LLC.
Prior to joining BlackRock in 2014, Mr. McKenna was a managing director at Harvard Management Company (HMC) and co-founder of HMC's event driven fund.
From 2004 to 2009, he was portfolio manager of the event driven strategy at Caxton Associates, LLC.
Previous to Caxton, Mr. McKenna spent five years at Citigroup's Global and Corporate Investment Bank as a vice president in mergers and acquisitions.
Before graduate school, he served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy's Nuclear Submarine Force, where he conducted strategic deterrent patrols onboard the USS Ohio and was a certified nuclear engineer by the Department of Naval Reactors.
Mr. McKenna earned a B.Engr.
in electrical engineering from New York Maritime College and an MBA, with distinction, from NYU.
Mark McKenna active positions
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BlackRock Advisors LLC
 BlackRock Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans. | Portfolio Manager-Equities | 2013-12-31 |
Former positions of Mark McKenna
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Caxton Associates LP
 Caxton Associates LP Investment ManagersFinance Caxton Associates LP (Caxton) is an independent, SEC- registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded as the successor to Caxton Corp., which was founded in 1983 by Bruce Kovner. Caxton serves directly or indirectly as general partner, manager or advisor to several domestic and foreign private investment funds, and as a trading advisor to several foreign private investment funds. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
| Smith Barney Asset Management | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2003-12-30 |
| United States Navy (District of Columbia) | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1996-12-30 |
Harvard Management Co., Inc.
 Harvard Management Co., Inc. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Harvard Management Co., Inc. (HMC) is the investment arm of President & Fellows of Harvard College, which is owned by Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. HMC manages Harvard’s endowment, a dedicated and permanent source of funding that maintains the teaching and research mission of the University. HMC invests these funds as a single entity, the revenue from which contributes more than one-third of the University's annual operating budget. | Portfolio Manager-Equities | - |
Training of Mark McKenna
| SUNY Maritime College | Undergraduate Degree |
| New York University | Masters Business Admin |
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Harvard Management Co., Inc.
Harvard Management Co., Inc. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Harvard Management Co., Inc. (HMC) is the investment arm of President & Fellows of Harvard College, which is owned by Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. HMC manages Harvard’s endowment, a dedicated and permanent source of funding that maintains the teaching and research mission of the University. HMC invests these funds as a single entity, the revenue from which contributes more than one-third of the University's annual operating budget. | Miscellaneous |
BlackRock Advisors LLC
BlackRock Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans. | Finance |
Caxton Associates LP
Caxton Associates LP Investment ManagersFinance Caxton Associates LP (Caxton) is an independent, SEC- registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded as the successor to Caxton Corp., which was founded in 1983 by Bruce Kovner. Caxton serves directly or indirectly as general partner, manager or advisor to several domestic and foreign private investment funds, and as a trading advisor to several foreign private investment funds. | Finance |
| Smith Barney Asset Management | Finance |
| United States Navy (District of Columbia) | Government |
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