Marc is the elegant guy who threw the $50,000 per head fundraiser at which Mitt uttered his "not elegant" remarks about the 47% of us who consider ourselves "victims." Marc, like Mitt, has a private equity firm, Sun Capital. In fact, it was Mitt who "inspired" Marc to get into this job-creating field according to Mother Jones, which broke this whole inelegant story. Mother Jones quotes from a New York Times article from January of this year:
"Mr. Leder personifies the debates now swirling around this lucrative corner of finance. To his critics, he represents everything that's wrong with this setup. In recent years, a large number of the companies that Sun Capital has acquired have run into serious trouble, eliminated jobs or both. Since 2008, some 25 of its companies—roughly one of every five it owns—have filed for bankruptcy. Among the losers was Friendly's, the restaurant chain known for its Jim Dandy sundaes and Fribble shakes. (Sun Capital was accused by a federal agency of pushing Friendly's into bankruptcy last year to avoid paying pensions to the chain's employees; Sun disputes that contention.) Another company that sank into bankruptcy was Real Mex, owner of the Chevy's restaurant chain. In that case, Mr. Leder lost money for his investors not once, but twice."
To round out this post U.S. News & World Report says Marc is threatening to sue the person (identified so far only as one of Marc's "waitstaff" at this philosopher's salon) who taped philosopher-wannbe-king Mitt, and is trying to have the cops arrest the person for violation of Florida anti-recording law (Marc's salon is located in Boca Raton ("Boca"), Florida.).
