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Joseph Cari Jr. is Chairman and CEO of Castellini Partners, an international merchant bank that focuses on the formation of joint ventures and investments in health care, media, financial services, alternative energy & technology. He is also CEO of Integration Capital & Trade and sit on the board of its subsidiary, ICT Oman. Mr. Cari's professional career has spanned the worlds of merchant banking, media, public policy, law and education.
Among the portfolio companies that Castellini Partners have invested in are:
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A merchant banking firm that is focused in the Middle East on capital raising, forming joint ventures and advising international companies on doing business in that part of the world. The firm has offices in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Muscat (Oman), and New York City
www.integrationcap.com
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A Paris (France) based media company that develops and distributes media content for both Western and Middle Eastern audiences
www.amanacreative.com
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A healthcare media company that has developed an innovative strategy to globally connect investors and strategic partners in emerging healthcare and life science companies
www.onemedplace.com
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An advisory firm that represents some of the world's leaders in healthcare technologies
www.medcappartners.com
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An orthopedic device company that is developing a breakthrough technology for restoration of knee function in humans
www.kneecreations.com
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Mr. Cari has participated in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and has been published on foreign policy issues by various publications including The Financial Times, Beirut Daily News and the Chicago Tribune. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of Amana Creative, Inc. and on the Advisory Board of One Medical Place LLC. In addition, Mr. Cari sits on the Advisory board of The World Policy Institute, the Advisory Boards of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Institute for Leadership Studies at Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles), and as an Advisor to the American University Center for Global Peace (Washington, D.C.). Mr. Cari lectures on foreign policy and US presidential politics at the Lebanese American University (Beirut & Byblos), Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles) and Villanova University. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (New York).
Mr. Cari was appointed by U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton to be Chairman of the Board of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars; a federally funded Institute whose mission intersects the worlds of education, policy and politics. The Center works with various U.S. Federal Departments, such as State, Education and Commerce to provide insights on international issues from a social, religious, economic and political viewpoint. Chairman Cari played a key role in recruiting the Honorable Lee Hamilton as the CEO of the Center and supported Congressman Hamilton's appointment to Co Chair the 9-11 Commission with former Secretary of State, James Baker. Chairman Cari was widely recognized for leading a Bi-Partisan Board, increasing funding for the Center and a strong working relationship with a Republican controlled Congress.
Joseph A. Cari Jr. was born on October 8, 1952; the son of Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Cari of Evergreen Park, Illinois. Dr. Cari was Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center in Chicago and served on the faculty at the University of Illinois Medical School in Chicago. Dr. Cari was also the author of the text "The Delivery of Emergency Care" which is listed on Amazon.com. Mrs. Cari served as Chairman of the Woman's Board of Mercy Hospital and was a homemaker and mother of five.
Mr. Cari graduated from Brother Rice Preparatory HS (with honors) in Chicago and received his B.A. (cum laude) from the University of Notre Dame. While at Notre Dame, Mr. Cari was a member of the varsity baseball team and president of Fisher Hall. He received his J.D. also from the University of Notre Dame. Mr. Cari was awarded and completed a Fellowship at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Joseph is a widower and has a daughter, Nicole Elizabeth.
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