Where does Mario Mancuso work?

Mario Mancuso is Founder & CEO of DealSage.

What companies did Mario Mancuso found?

Mario Mancuso founded DealSage.

Where did Mario Mancuso go to school?

Mario Mancuso studied at Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, Magna cum Laude); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (ROTC); New York University School of Law (Juris Doctor).

Mario Mancuso

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Founder & CEO at DealSage

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About

Mario Mancuso is the Founder and CEO of DEALSAGE, a company providing a deal-inception intelligence layer for non-market risk in institutional investment and M&A, which he co-founded with Rob Wise, founder of Aumni, and Louis Citron, former Chief Legal Officer of NEA. He previously served as U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations, and was a senior partner and practice chair at Kirkland & Ellis. He is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Hudson Institute.

Founder & CEO at DealSage

Co-founders at DealSage

Rob WiseCo-Founder

Experience

DEALSAGEFounder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentWashington, District of Columbia, United States
Hudson InstituteVisiting Senior Fellow, International Securitycurrent2009 — present
Kirkland & Ellis LLPSenior Partner & Leader, International Trade and National Security2015 — 2025Washington D.C. Metro Area
Yale UniversityLecturer and Senior Fellow, Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs2011 — 2023
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPSenior Partner & Leader, International Trade and National Security Practice2010 — 2015Washington, D.C. I New York
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPPartner, International Practice2009 — 2010
U.S. Department of CommerceUnder Secretary of Commerce, Industry and Security2007 — 2009Presidential Appointment with unanimous Senate Confirmation
US-India High Technology Cooperation GroupUS Chair2007 — 2009
US-China High Technology and Strategic Trade Working GroupUS Chair2007 — 2009
US-Israel High Technology ForumUS Chair2007 — 2009
U.S. Department of DefenseDeputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Special Operations & Combatting Terrorism2005 — 2007

Skills & more

M&AGeopolitics1Private EquityInternational Relations58Government50National Security20Defense18Foreign Policy18Mergers & Acquisitions18Corporate Law7Entrepreneurship6International Law5

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Who is Mario Mancuso?: Mario Mancuso is the Founder and CEO of DEALSAGE, a company providing a deal-inception intelligence layer for non-market risk in institutional investment and M&A, which he co-founded with Rob Wise, founder of Aumni, and Louis Citron, former Chief Legal Officer of NEA. He previously served as U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations, and was a senior partner and practice chair at Kirkland & Ellis. He is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Hudson Institute.
Where does Mario Mancuso work?: Mario Mancuso is Founder & CEO of DealSage.
What companies did Mario Mancuso found?: Mario Mancuso founded DealSage.
Where did Mario Mancuso go to school?: Mario Mancuso studied at Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, Magna cum Laude); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (ROTC); New York University School of Law (Juris Doctor).

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