![]() That same year, Bell put his house in Boca Raton on the market for $35 million it included a room modeled after the bridge of the Enterprise D from Star Trek: The Next Generation. In August 2013, FriendFinder's stock was delisted from Nasdaq because it consistently failed to trade for more than $1. ![]() FriendFinder’s current common stock was wiped out and was no longer traded on the open market. The Friend Finder Networks company and the Penthouse magazine that it owned filed for bankruptcy protection on September 17, 2013. In 2010 Bell, through Friend Finder Networks, tried to acquire Playboy Enterprises but was rebuffed after a $210 million bid. His production Jersey Boys won a Tony Award for Best Musical in 2006 and August: Osage County won Best Play in 2008. īell has produced musicals and plays such as Jersey Boys, Rock of Ages, The Wedding Singer, August: Osage County, and A Catered Affair. In the 2008 Bell attempted to enter the Las Vegas casino market and was interviewed by Robin Leach about his intentions he brought Penthouse models with him to the interview. In 2004, Bell and a partner acquired Penthouse magazine for $52 million in a bankruptcy auction through a vehicle they called "Penthouse Media Group", and in 2007 Penthouse Media Group acquired Various, which included networking site for $500 million and Bell and his partner renamed the company Friend Finder Networks. Through his company Marc Bell Capital, Bell is an investor and partner in restaurants and nightclubs in New York City in ventures such as Artichoke Pizza and Lavo. ![]() In 2001, he joined the Board of Trustees of New York University and Board of Overseers New York University School of Medicine. Its market capitalization had fallen from almost $2.4 billion in 1999 to $5.87 million in 2002 when it went through Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Career īell founded the web hosting company that eventually became Globix Corporation in 1989 at the age of 21 and served as its CEO and chairman of the board through the company's IPO in 1996 Īnd into the dot-com bubble as the company crashed along with the stock market in 2001, Bell was replaced as CEO. ![]() He later on earned his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Babson College and a Master of Science degree in real estate development and investment from New York University. He is also a producer of plays, musicals and movies.īell graduated from Scarsdale High School in the Class of 1985. He is the managing partner of Marc Bell Capital, a Boca Raton, Florida-based firm founded in 2002. Marc Bell is an American financier and entrepreneur. ![]()
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