Mr. Thorn is the Managing Director of Private Equity at Marathon Asset Management, LLC, a global alternative investment and asset management company with over $7.5 billion in capital, where he has worked since June 2005. In his current role, Mr. Thorn provides private equity capital to companies to support management buyout transactions, acquisition and expansion strategies, growth programs, shareholder transitions and financial restructurings.

Prior to joining Marathon, Mr. Thorn spent a total of 12 years working sponsoring and financing private equity transactions, acquisitions and capital markets transactions at Fox Paine & Company, Dubilier & Company, where he was a principal and founding member, and the Acquisition Finance Group of Chemical Bank. He is a graduate of Harvard University with an A.B. in Government, cum laude.