AB Bernstein
Mark Shmulik has a strong background in the financial, consulting, and telecommunications industries. Mark began their career in 2005 at TELUS as a Leadership Development Manager, where they focused on developing and mentoring employees. In 2007, they joined Altman Vilandrie & Company as a Senior Associate, working on consulting projects. In 2011, Mark joined McKinsey & Company as an Associate Partner, where they built their expertise in strategy and management consulting. Most recently, they joined AB Bernstein in 2018 as a Managing Director and Senior Analyst, specializing in the US Internet sector.
Mark Shmulik has a diverse education history. Mark obtained their Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) with a focus in HBA from the Ivey Business School at Western University, where they studied from 2001 to 2005. Later, Mark pursued further education in business administration, earning a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from London Business School between 2009 and 2011. During this time, they also briefly attended UCLA Anderson School of Management in 2010 as part of their MBA studies.
AB Bernstein
Bernstein is widely recognized as Wall Street's premier sell-side research and brokerage firm, with a global equity trading platform that spans the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Our firm was founded in the U.S. in 1967 and in the U.K. in 1999. Our research and trading capabilities are sought out by leading investment managers around the world, and we are annually ranked at the top of our industry by acknowledged arbiters. In independent surveys of major institutional clients, Bernstein's research is ranked #1 for overall quality, industry knowledge, most trusted, best detailed financial analysis, major company studies, most useful valuation frameworks and best original research. In Institutional Investor’s latest annual client survey, the leading survey by which research analysts in our industry are evaluated, over 90% of our U.S. analysts and the majority of our European Analysts were recognized as among the best in their respective fields – more than any other firm in our industry. We began operations in Hong Kong in 2010, and now cover a range of sectors across Asia. Our European research team is also home to Extel's #1-ranked analyst across Europe. In April 2019 we acquired Autonomous Research, a highly regarded global financial services independent research firm. The combination of Bernstein and Autonomous solidifies our standing as the largest global independent research firm. Research has always been Bernstein's calling card. The brand is defined by our renowned Blackbooks, known for their unbiased, in-depth company and industry forecasts. We have a community of Research Analysts who are acknowledged thought leaders that typically have many years of experience in the industries they cover. Our reputation is for the very highest caliber of independent and disciplined investment and industry analysis. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of our buy-side parent, AB.