LittleSis: Michael Ferro

Michael Ferro founded Merrick Ventures, a Florida-based Private Equity company in late 2006 after selling Click Commerce for $292M. Prior to that he founded and served as chairman and CEO of Click Commerce, Inc., the leading provider of on-demand supply chain management solutions. Under Michael’s leadership, Click Commerce posted 14 consecutive quarters of growth and profitability and acquired and integrated nine companies. During this time, the company’s stock value increased 900 percent. Because of Click Commerce’s industry reputation and proven ability to deliver results, Illinois Tool Works, a multi-billion dollar Fortune 150 company, acquired the company in October 2006 to serve as the platform to launch their software and technology group. In 2008, through Merrick Ventures, Michael bought a controlling interest in a near-bankrupt company, Merge Healthcare. Michael rebuilt Merge and was granted multiple patents for his pioneering ideas in artificial intelligence and medical imaging. In 2015, Michael sold Merge Healthcare to IBM for $1B, a massive return for Merrick Ventures. Michael has founded many other companies, including Higi. Higi is a platform that allows people to track health and lifestyle data from wearable technology and Higi stations, which are distributed in over 10,000 retail pharmacies. Michael has also founded the Michael and Jacqueline Ferro Foundation, through which he has donated tens of millions of dollars to causes like Melanoma, Fallen Journalists, and universities to build entrepreneurship programs. http://michaelferro.com/michael-and-jacqueline-ferro-foundation/ Michael has won numerous awards, including the KPMG Illinois High-Tech Award, and was named 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Technology, the CEO National Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and the Humanitarian of the Year from the Holocaust Memorial Foundation. In 2021, he was named "Healthcare Tech Entrepreneur of the Year" by IAOTP. He and his family make their home in the Mimia, Florida area. Michael is a member of the 2006 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Donor	Common Recipients
John M Templeton Jr	Mark Steven Kirk, Richard Green Lugar, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, NRSC - Nonfederal, GROWPAC, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mitt Romney
Woody Johnson	Dennis Hastert, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, NRSC - Nonfederal, GROWPAC, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty
Richard Kinder	Dennis Hastert, John Boehner, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Robert Simmons, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, NRSC - Nonfederal, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mitt Romney
Edyth Bailey Lindner	Dennis Hastert, John Boehner, Hillary Clinton, Richard Green Lugar, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, David McSweeney, Mitt Romney
Lanny Griffith	Dennis Hastert, John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, Richard Green Lugar, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, Peter Roskam, Robert Simmons, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, GROWPAC, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney
Susan McCaw	John Boehner, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Barack Obama, Robert Simmons, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney
Muneer Satter	John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Barack Obama, Peter Roskam, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, David McSweeney, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty
Ann L Johnson	John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Peter Roskam, Robert Simmons, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney
Steven B Klinsky	John Boehner, Hillary Clinton, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney
Stanley S. Hubbard	John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, NRSC - Nonfederal, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, John Gregory Chachas, Freedom First PAC
Dietrich M Gross	John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, Richard Green Lugar, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Peter Roskam, Peter Visclosky, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Illinois Republican Party, David McSweeney, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney
Marc Goldman	John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, Richard Green Lugar, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, Peter Roskam, Robert Simmons, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Mitt Romney
Larry J Hochberg	Dennis Hastert, John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, Richard Green Lugar, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Peter Roskam, Peter Visclosky, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, David McSweeney, Mitt Romney
Louis DeJoy	John Boehner, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Robert Simmons, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, David McSweeney, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mitt Romney
Harlan Crow	Mark Steven Kirk, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Peter Visclosky, Robert Simmons, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, NRSC - Nonfederal, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty
Kenneth S Abramowitz	Dennis Hastert, John Boehner, Hillary Clinton, Mark Steven Kirk, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, Peter Roskam, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, NRSC - Nonfederal, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty
Gary E Erlbaum	Dennis Hastert, John Boehner, Hillary Clinton, Mark Steven Kirk, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mitt Romney
Mel Sembler	Dennis Hastert, Mark Steven Kirk, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, Robert Simmons, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, NRSC - Nonfederal, GROWPAC, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty
Richard W Porter	Dennis Hastert, John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Barack Obama, Denny Rehberg, Peter Roskam, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, David McSweeney, Mitt Romney
Ray L Hunt	John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, Richard Green Lugar, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Robert Simmons, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Mitt Romney

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Common Recipients

John M Templeton Jr

Mark Steven Kirk, Richard Green Lugar, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, NRSC - Nonfederal, GROWPAC, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mitt Romney

Woody Johnson

Dennis Hastert, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, NRSC - Nonfederal, GROWPAC, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty

Richard Kinder

Dennis Hastert, John Boehner, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Robert Simmons, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, NRSC - Nonfederal, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mitt Romney

Edyth Bailey Lindner

Dennis Hastert, John Boehner, Hillary Clinton, Richard Green Lugar, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, David McSweeney, Mitt Romney

Lanny Griffith

Dennis Hastert, John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, Richard Green Lugar, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, Peter Roskam, Robert Simmons, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, GROWPAC, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney

Susan McCaw

John Boehner, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Barack Obama, Robert Simmons, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney

Muneer Satter

John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Barack Obama, Peter Roskam, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, David McSweeney, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty

Ann L Johnson

John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Peter Roskam, Robert Simmons, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney

Steven B Klinsky

John Boehner, Hillary Clinton, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney

Stanley S. Hubbard

John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, NRSC - Nonfederal, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, John Gregory Chachas, Freedom First PAC

Dietrich M Gross

John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, Richard Green Lugar, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Peter Roskam, Peter Visclosky, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Illinois Republican Party, David McSweeney, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney

Marc Goldman

John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, Richard Green Lugar, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, Peter Roskam, Robert Simmons, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Mitt Romney

Larry J Hochberg

Dennis Hastert, John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, Richard Green Lugar, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Peter Roskam, Peter Visclosky, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, David McSweeney, Mitt Romney

Louis DeJoy

John Boehner, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Robert Simmons, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, David McSweeney, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mitt Romney

Harlan Crow

Mark Steven Kirk, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Peter Visclosky, Robert Simmons, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, NRSC - Nonfederal, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty

Kenneth S Abramowitz

Dennis Hastert, John Boehner, Hillary Clinton, Mark Steven Kirk, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, Peter Roskam, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, NRSC - Nonfederal, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty

Gary E Erlbaum

Dennis Hastert, John Boehner, Hillary Clinton, Mark Steven Kirk, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mitt Romney

Mel Sembler

Dennis Hastert, Mark Steven Kirk, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, Robert Simmons, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, NRSC - Nonfederal, GROWPAC, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty

Richard W Porter

Dennis Hastert, John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Barack Obama, Denny Rehberg, Peter Roskam, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, David McSweeney, Mitt Romney

Ray L Hunt

John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, Richard Green Lugar, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Robert Simmons, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Mitt Romney

Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male
Birthday	Jul 24 '66
Website	http://michaelferro.com/
Aliases	Healthcare Tech Entrepreneur Michael Ferro, Michael W Ferro Jr
Region	US and Canada

Michael Ferro

Healthcare Tech Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Florida-based PE firm Merrick Ventures

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