Mark Adams Sozo Global

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Mark Adams holds a B.B.A degree in Marketing from
Texas State University
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When Mark Adams, co-founder of Sozo Global, Inc.
started his career he hit the ground running,
and has yet to slow down. Within such Fortune
500 companies as Xerox and Johnson Johnson, Mr.
Adams established himself as a top sales producer
early in his career. He 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, Mark 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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Mark Adams moved on to a more entrepreneurial
role and is 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 Adams 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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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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As a testament to his ingenuity, Mark Adams was
named the winner of the prestigious Ernst and
Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Central Texas
in 2008.
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Additionally, 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 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.