Michael A. Liberty, founder, has been a serial entrepreneur and a successful business executive for more than 30 years in industries ranging from real estate, textile, retail merchandising, and manufacturing to entertainment, the Internet and wireless technology. In 1980, Mr. Liberty founded Liberty Group Inc., which has grown to become one of the largest and most successful real estate holding companies in New England. Its subsidiary, American Housing Preservation Corporation, is a leader in the subsidized housing industry with a portfolio of more than 10,000 units in 18 states, valued at more than $600 million. In 1985, Mr. Liberty was nominated by President Reagan as one of the Outstanding Young Men of America.
In the early ’90′s, Mr. Liberty co-founded Cambridge Associates Holdings Corporation, a Massachusetts-based private equity firm. As CEO, he led numerous management/leveraged buyouts in the consumer products, textile, and food products industries. In this capacity, Mr. Liberty was instrumental in developing and creating multiple brands as well as structuring a number of top-level supplier relationships with large U.S. retailers, including Wal-Mart, on behalf of investee companies. Mr. Liberty has had great success in building consumer product brands across various industries.
Michael Liberty has been a visionary and pioneer in the wireless industry since 1997, when he became an angel investor in a mobile paging company called Intelligent Information Incorporated, prior to going public as I3 Mobile (IIIM, NASDAQ).
In 1998 Mr. Liberty founded Mobile Media Group, Inc. (MMG), a wireless content company formed to aggregate and re-purpose entertainment content for distribution and syndication to wireless networks, including I3 Mobile’s carrier customers. Since MMG’s early leadership and recognition of multi-channel value-added services, MMG has become a pioneer and leader in mobile payment processing. The company now operates under the name Mozido, LLC. Mr. Liberty is the Vice Chairman and Founder of Mozido.
Mr. Liberty is a world-class brand builder and creator, with unmatched knowledge of supply chain management, manufacturing, brand building, distribution, and global sourcing. His company American Sales & Merchandising (AS&M) negotiated and delivered the worldwide merchandising rights to the CBS global hit reality television show, America’s Next Top Model, to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. America’s Next Top Model apparel and cosmetics rolled out in 300 Wal-Mart stores nationwide November 2008.
