Mark Palchak
Owner, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Brook Park Holdings
Mark Palchak started his career growing proprietary trading groups in Chicago at Infinium Capital Management. In time, he assumed leadership of Infinium in a distressed situation, immediately taking the company through a successful sale process and returning the successor company, V3 Markets, to profitability.
Palchak was previously president at Infinium Capital Management, a Chicago-based proprietary trading firm with offices in both New York and London. He has extensive experience with leading growth in the high-tech competitive trading industry, working with his team to take multiple groups from start-up to major profit center. He has pursued his passion in small business development as the managing director of ARG Capital, a venture capital fund with holdings in industries including natural gas, military security, financial news, and Chinese infrastructure. Palchak has a passion for improving educational outcomes in Chicago as well as across the country. He serves on the board of directors for Amandla Charter School, an organization dedicated to improving outcomes for students in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. Palchak frequently attends the Aspen Institute, including the executive seminar and seminars on foreign affairs. Palchak earned an MBA with honors from Notre Dame.