Roger M. Marino is a retired American

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, businessman, and co-founder of

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. His substantial contribution to

Northeastern University Northeastern University (NU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston. Established in 1898, the university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus as well as satellite campuses in ...

funded their athletic center, which has been named in Marino's honor.

Corporate career

Roger M. Marino graduated from Northeastern University in 1961. In 1979 Marino founded the high technology design and manufacturing company EMC Corporation with his former Northeastern roommate, Richard Egan. He served as the company's president until he retired from the position in 1992. EMC Corporation entered the

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Companies list in 1994. Since his retirement, Marino has been active in funding a number of start-up companies. In 2001 Mr. Marino founded the film production company Revere Pictures. Marino currently serves as a director of TechTarget, Incorporated.

Sports investments

In 1997 Roger Marino purchased a 100% stake in the

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team for the price of $40 million. Roger transferred ownership 4 years later. Marino has expressed a strong interest in an ownership stake in the

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, but has yet to make the investment.

Net worth

In its 2000 list of the

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, Marino was ranked as the 236th richest American, with a net worth of approximately $1.2 billion.

References

External links

Notable Northeastern University Electrical and Computer Engineering AlumniEMC Corporation Website
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