Mark A. Cooper

Mark A. Cooper is chief investment officer and co-founder of MAC Alpha Capital Management, and from 2004 to 2025 taught applied value investing as an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. Before starting his firm he co-managed First Eagle Investment Management's international small-cap value strategy, and he earlier worked at PIMCO, Omega Advisors, Pequot Capital and JPMorgan. He holds an MBA from Columbia and an undergraduate degree from MIT.