Seth Goldstein

Seth Goldstein is an innovator with a record of starting, investing in and leading successful new information businesses. A creative thinker with a passion for technology, he is Co-Founder and Chairman of Majestic Research, a independent research firm that employs a unique data strategy and proprietary research process to provide the largest emerging asset class, hedge fund managers, with fresh perspectives and customized insights.

Repeatedly recognized by media including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and CNBC, Seth was named one of Red Herring's Top 20 Entrepreneurs in 1997, and has guest lectured at Harvard, Stanford, Wharton and Columbia Business Schools. In March 2004, Seth Goldstein and Majestic Research were featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal as "the changing face of investment research."

Mr. Goldstein founded SiteSpecific, one of New York's first interactive advertising firms, and as CEO, led the business to $3MM sales in its first 18 months. Seth and SiteSpecific were featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal in 1996, and in 1997, SiteSpecific was recognized by Forrester Research as one of the nation's top five interactive agencies, later serving as the subject of the first Harvard Business School case study on Internet marketing. Seth engineered the sale of a minority equity stake in SiteSpecific to Harte-Hanks Communications (NYSE: HHS), and subsequently led the sale of the firm to Silicon Valley-based CKS Group, where he then served as Sr. Vice President.

Prior to creating Majestic Research, Seth was the first Entrepreneur in Residence at Flatiron Partners, a New York-based $400MM technology venture capital firm backed by Chase Capital Partners and Softbank. As an Investing Principal, he managed $75MM capital and led first-round investments in Portal Player, Kozmo, Vindigo and Scout and negotiated follow-on investments and M&A transactions, including the $180MM acquisition of Vertical One by S1 Technologies. Seth sits on the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee for Valassis (NYSE: VCI), a $2B marketing services firm currently ranked 29th by Fortune Magazine as one of the best companies to work for in America.

Seth graduated from Columbia University in 1992 with a BA in Literature, and lives in New York City with his wife Tina Sharkey and sons Jacob and Charlie.