Former CEO of Several Multi-Billion Dollar Companies
The operator behind the coach
Michael Marchi is a senior business executive with a history of improving financial and operational performance resulting in increased shareholder value. Michael’s experience includes leadership roles in public, private equity, and family-owned, privately-held global corporations, including General Electric, Citibank, Kohler, American Standard, Grohe, Lixil, and SK Capital.
He has served in both fiduciary and advisory board roles in both for-profit and not-for-profit corporations, including Uponor, Interceramic Corporation, Jennifer Adams Worldwide, and Portland Providence Medical Center. Michael has broad-based industry knowledge in manufacturing, plumbing and hardware, retail and wholesale distribution, licensing, and banking.
Michael grew up in the Chicago suburbs; he was one of four children. He holds an MBA in Finance from DePaul University and a B.S. in Economics & Marketing from Elmhurst College. He is a graduate of the General Manager Program at the Harvard Business School and a graduate of the GE Managerial Development Program at GE Crotonville.
Selected accomplishments
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Working with Michael
Michael Marchi, Enterprise Technology and Services CEO, is especially valuable to CEOs focused on PE-backed scale, marketing and growth, and global operations.
Michael Marchi is a senior business executive with a history of improving financial and operational performance resulting in increased shareholder value. Michael's experience includes leadership roles in public, private equity, and family-owned, privately-held global corporations, including General Electric, Citibank, Kohler, American Standard, Grohe, Lixil, and SK Capital.
Direct, operator-driven, and rooted in real P&L experience. Michael Marchi coaches CEOs the way a former operator coaches, focused on the decisions that actually move the business, the metrics that expose the truth, and the leadership behaviors that compound over time.
Michael Marchi is based in Chicago, IL and works with CEOs across North America and internationally through 1:1 coaching, board observation, and on-site strategic offsites as part of the CEO Coaching International team.
Companies coached by CEO Coaching International for two or more years have averaged 22.8%/yr revenue growth and 37.5%/yr EBITDA growth, roughly 2-3x U.S. benchmarks. Michael Marchi coaches to the same operating standard: measurable growth, real leverage on the CEO's calendar, and a leadership team that can execute without you.
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