Thomas Pompidou is a Partner and Founder of Marker LLC, a New York City-based venture firm investing in the US and Israel technology ecosystems. He is Vice Chairman of Crescent Point, a leading China-focused private equity firm, where he has been a Partner and held other investment roles since 2005. He is also a member of the Investment Committee and Venture Partner at NightDragon. From 1992 to 2005, he held various positions, ultimately as Managing Director, in the New York investment banking departments of Deloitte, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Lazard, where he focused on M&A and corporate finance. He holds a business degree from the EDHEC business school in France. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Pompidou Center and Vice Chairman and Governor of the New York Academy of Sciences.