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Harvard Business School. Harvard University; Yale University.
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Mark Gorton
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Lime Group, based in New York, owns LimeWire as well as Lime Brokerage Limited Liability Company (a stock brokerage), Tower Research Capital Limited Liability Company (a hedge fund), and LimeMedical Limited Liability Company (a medical software company). Gorton has been a key figure in Arista Records Limited Liability Company v. Lime Group Limited Liability Company.
Gorton is involved in various green lifestyle issues especially those having to do with transportation.
At one point, Gorton was the single largest supporter of Transportation Alternatives, the New York City-based advocacy group for pedestrians, cyclists, and public transit.
In 1999 he founded OpenPlans, a non-profit organization that developed GeoServer, a collaborative open source project encouraging green urban planning initiatives. In 2009 Utne Reader named Gorton one of "50 visionaries who are changing your world".
In 2005 Gorton backed The New York City Streets Renaissance Campaign (NYSCR). Two of the best known projects of NYSCR are Streetsblog and Streetfilms.
Gorton owns Tower Research Capital Limited Liability Company, a financial services firm he started in 1998, which trades through its affiliate, Lime Brokerage Limited Liability Company. Prior to that he spent 4½ years in the proprietary trading department of Cr Suisse First Boston (now Cr Suisse).
Gorton holds a Bachelor"s in Electrical Engineering from Yale University, a Master"s in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and an Master of Business Administration from Harvard University. He began his career as an electrical engineer for Martin Marietta (now part of Lockheed Martin), and, following his interests in business, entered the world of fixed-income trading at Cr Suisse First Boston prior to going out on his own and launching the Lime Group of companies.
