Roger Marino
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Roger M. Marino is a retired American
United States
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 engineer
Engineer
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, businessman, and co-founder of EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation , a Financial Times Global 500, Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, develops, delivers and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure hardware, software, and services. EMC is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA.Former Intel executive Richard Egan and his...

. His substantial contribution to Northeastern University funded their world class athletic center, which has been named in Marino's honor.

Corporate career

Roger M. Marino graduated Northeastern University in 1961. In 1979 Marino founded the high technology design and manufacturing company EMC Corporation with his former Northeastern roommate, Richard Egan
Richard Egan (businessman)
Richard J. Egan was an American engineer, businessman, political fundraiser and US Ambassador to Ireland.-Career:A year after receiving a degree in electrical engineering from Northeastern University in 1962, he was on the team that helped develop Project Apollo memory systems for NASA...

. He served as the company's president until he retired from the position in 1992. EMC Corporation entered the Fortune 500
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 Companies list in 1994. Since his retirement, Marino has been active in funding a number of start-up companies. In 2001 Mr. Marino founded the film production company Revere Pictures. Marino currently serves as a director of TechTarget, Incorporated.

Sports investments

In 1997 Roger Marino purchased a 100% stake in the Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins
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 NHL team for the price of 40 million dollars. Roger transferred ownership 4 years later. Marino has expressed a strong interest in an ownership stake in the Boston
Boston
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 Red Sox, but has yet to make the investment.

Net worth

In its 2000 list of the Forbes 400
Forbes 400
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, Marino was ranked as the 236th richest American, with a net worth of approximately $1.2 billion.

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