chairman chief executive founder of Jarden
Martin E. Franklin was born on October 31, 1964 in London, England. His father, Sir Roland Franklin, was a merchant banker who undertook hostile takeovers with Sir James Goldsmith. At the age of twenty-four, Franklin was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Dickinson Robinson Group, where his father asked him to sell their products off one by one.
Franklin graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in political science.
He served as its Chairman and Chief Executive from 2001 to 2011. Since 2011, he has served as its Executive Chairman. Franklin emigrated to the United States with his family at the age of fifteen, settling in Harrison, New New York
Franklin worked for North M Rothschild & Sons in Manhattan.
Franklin acquired Benson Eyecare with Ian Ashken from the pension fund of General Electric for United States$2.3 million in the 1990s. They took it public on the New York Stock Exchange, and Franklin served as its Chief Executive Officer.
He was the youngest Chief Executive Officer of a corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange. They sold the company to Essilor for United States$300 million in 1996. Franklin attempted to acquired the Alltristra Corporation with Ian Ashken in 2000.
When their bid failed, they became activist boards members.
By 2001, Franklin became its Chief Executive Officer while Ashken because its Chief Financial Officer. Meanwhile, the two men renamed it the Jarden Corporation. Franklin served as its Chairman and Chief Executive from 2001 to 2011.
Since 2011, he has served as its Executive Chairman.
As Executive Chairman of Jarden, Franklin earned United States$44 million in 2013. The following year, in 2014, he earned United States$118 million, United States$110.8 million of which was in shares, with a salary of United States$2.2 million.
He earned United States$231 million in total from 2010 through 2014. With Bill Ackman and Nicolas Berggruen, Franklin co-founded Justice Holdings, a shell company on the London Stock Exchange which invested in Burger King.
Franklin owned 2% in 2012.
As of 2015, Franklin serves on the Board of Directors of Restaurant Brands International, which owns Burger King and Tim Hortons. Franklin founded the Platform Specialty Products Corporation with financial backing from Bill Ackman in 2013. In July 2015, he acquired Alent through a merger with the Platform Specialty Products Corporation.
Franklin co-founded Platform Acquisition Holdings, a shelf corporation listed on the London Stock Exchange, with Nicolas Berggruen in 2013.
They acquired MacDermid, a chemical company, for United States$1.8 billion in October 2013. Franklin co-founded Nomad Foods, a frozen food company which sells products under the Birds Eye and Findus brands, with Noam Gottesman in 2014.
In April 2015, they acquired Iglo. Franklin was named Antigua and Barbuda"s Special Economic Envoy in January 2015.
Franklin was worth an estimated GBP£280 million in 2014.
By 2015, he was worth an estimated GBP£357 million. Franklin has competed in Ironman Triathlons to raise funds for the Harrison Jewish Community Center in Harrison, New New York
