Anthony Marlowe (investor)

Early life

Marlowe is a Greek-American who grew up in LaGrange, Illinois. His mother is Becky Marlowe McPartlin, a real estate developer and interior designer, and his father, Mike McPartlin, is an attorney and hockey coach. Marlowe also has two brothers. While in high school, Marlowe won both the state ice hockey championship, and Chicago Catholic League Kennedy Cup with Marist Catholic High School. He attended University of Iowa for his freshman year, however he left college in his first year to take a management job with a Fortune 500 company. He subsequently worked for MCI.

Business career

After working with MCI, Marlowe became the founder and president of TMone, a customer relations management firm. Founded in 2003 in Iowa City, the company also provides inside sales and business process outsourcing. The firm was purchased in 2013 by ERC, however it retained its name and remained an independently operating unit in Iowa City. In January 2015, Marlowe became the Chief Sales Officer, BPO of TMone's parent Company ERC Holdings, LLC. Marlowe is also the founder and the managing member of Iowa City Capital Partners, a private investment firm. The firm makes angel investments to businesses for between $25,000 and $2 million. Marlowe was also a pre-IPO investor in Facebook.

NASCAR

Marlowe became a partner in the Swan Racing team during the 2013 offseason, which was expanding to field two drivers (Parker Kligerman and Cole Whitt) for the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing season. Marlowe originally owned 20% of the team, and was the listed owner of Whitt's No. 26 team. In May, Marlowe bought out the No. 26 car and move the team and Whitt to BK Racing through a merger. BK Racing then expanded from two cars to three cars, Marlowe became of a co-owner of the BK Racing Company and remains as the listed owner of the No. 26.

Recognition

In 2007, Marlowe was named one of Inc. 5000's CEO's under 30, after his company grew by around 360% over three years.