Our Founder
Mark Bolding, I, Capitalist
Mark Bolding is an HBCU graduate with a degree in Economics and an MBA. He is an entrepreneur, former executive in a billion-dollar startup, and the visionary founder of two zero to one start-ups. With decades of experience in business strategy, economics and innovation, Mark brings both academic grounding and real-world expertise.
His mission is clear: to give America’s youth the sovereignty they were never taught to claim, replacing cycles of dependency with ownership, agency, and legacy. Through I, Capitalist, he is establishing a new foundation for students, institutions, and society.
“What I lacked wasn’t theory; it was presence. I had to learn how to project knowledge with confidence before I could lead. I was able to figure it out pretty early on in my career. Unfortunately, many don''t and that leads to the chronic underemployment we see and undervaluation of skills. That’s what I, Capitalist gives students: capitalist literacy paired with the presence to stand in any room.”