In 2009, Mark Adams founded Sozo Global, Inc.

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In 2009, Mark Adams founded Sozo Global, Inc
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After winning the prestigious Ernst and Young
Entrepreneur of the Year in 2008, Mark Adams,
co-founder of Sozo Global, Inc. did not take much
time to bask in the glow of his win instead, he
hit the ground running.
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In 2009, Mark Adams founded Sozo Global, Inc. - a
fast growing direct sales nutritional products
company. Sozo Global is a company that focuses
on health and well-being, with a proprietary
product derived from the Coffee Berry. Mark
Adams role with Sozo Global has positioned them
as a very successful direct sales company, which
in turn has earned them a membership with the
Direct Selling Association.
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Mr. Adams is also the founder of Advocate, MD
Financial Group, Inc., a leading Texas-based
medical liability insurance holding company, and
currently serves as its chairman, president and
chief executive officer. Mr. Adams also serves
as chairman of the board of Advocate, MD
Insurance of the Southwest, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of the company.
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Mark Adam Sozo is also a founding partner in
several other companies including the Endowment
Development Group, a Houston-based life insurance
company specializing in placing large
multi-million dollar life insurance policies
throughout the U.S. market. Mark Adams also
co-founded the Murphy Adams Restaurant Group in
2007, which owns and operates Mama Fus, a
successful Pan Asian restaurant chain with
locations across the southeastern United States.
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Establishing himself as a top sales producer
early in his career with Fortune 500 companies
such as Xerox and Johnson Johnson Mr. Adams
then spent the next 12 years of at Bostik
Adhesives where he served in senior management,
sales, and strategic business development roles
on an international scale.
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In 1997, Mr. Adams then served as served as
Global Sales Director for Bostik and General
Manager of Bostiks joint venture company,
Nitta-Findley in Osaka, Japan and later purchased
a minority interest in Ward Adhesives, Inc., and
served as General Manager, and Vice President of
Sales and Marketing. While in these roles, Mark
Adams led the company to unprecedented growth in
sales and net income.
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In addition to his role with Sozo Global, Mark
Adams is an advisory board member for the McCoy
College of Business at Texas State University r.
He also serves as director for X-Pel, Inc., KLD
Energy Technologies, Powerstations, LLC, School
U, LLC, Monitium, LLC and Affordable Housing
Development Fund, and as a manager of Belize
Grocery, LLC, Belize Casino Village, LLC, and Top
Partners, LLC.
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Mark Adams Soza also serves as chief executive
officer of ETMG (Employers Test Management
Group), LLC. Mr. Adams holds a B.B.A degree in
Marketing from Texas State University and
currently serves on the board of directors of
five organizations including privately held and
non-profit organizations.