Barry Zyskind
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{{Infobox person
| name = Barry Dov Zyskind
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1971}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, US
| alma mater = New York University Stern School of Business
| occupation = Chairman, CEO{{Cite news |title=AmTrust : Everything you need to know |url=https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/companies/amtrust/29710/ |access-date=October 3, 2023 |work=Insurance Business}}
| employer = AmTrust Financial Services
| spouse = Esther Karfunkel Zyskind{{Cite web |title=Barry Zyskind's High Stakes Three Card Monte Game |url=http://sirf-online.org/2016/05/18/barry-zyskinds-high-stakes-three-card-monte-game/ |access-date=2019-10-14 |publisher=Southern Investigative Reporting Foundation}}
| family = George Karfunkel (uncle)
Michael Karfunkel (father-in-law)
}}
Barry Zyskind is an American businessman in the insurance industry, and head of AmTrust Financial Services Inc.{{Cite web |title=Barry Zyskind |url=https://amtrustfinancial.com/about-us/management |access-date=October 3, 2023 |publisher=AmTrust Financial}} In the September 2016 edition of Best's Review, an A.M. Best publication, AmTrust was ranked the 11th largest commercial insurer in the US, up from 128th position in 2005.{{Cite magazine |last=Smith |first=Kate |date=2016-09-01 |title=Steep Ascent: AmTrust Climbed 117 Spots in the Rankings by Maximizing Technology and Staying Focused on Small-Business Specialty Lines |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-463632174.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115103418/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-463632174.html |archive-date=2018-11-15 |magazine=Best's Review |via=HighBeam Research}} In the interview, CEO Zyskind attributed AmTrust's growth to its 'focus on small commercial customers, its proprietary technology platform, and its extensive database of loss history to help appropriately price and structure policies.'{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Kate |title=Steep Ascents with Barry Zyskind and AmTrust |url=http://blog.amtrustgroup.com/policywire/steep-ascent-with-barry-zyskind-and-amtrust |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013153612/http://blog.amtrustgroup.com/policywire/steep-ascent-with-barry-zyskind-and-amtrust |archive-date=2016-10-13 |access-date=2016-10-09 |website=AmTrust North America}}
Early life
Zyskind has an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business.{{cite web|title=Business Leaders|url=http://www.4-traders.com/business-leaders/Barry-Zyskind-06LLB8-E/biography/|publisher=4 Traders|accessdate=6 October 2016}} After university, he worked as an investment banker at Janney Montgomery Scott LLC.
AmTrust
In 1998, Zyskind was named a director of AmTrust Financial Services, which was founded in the same year by his father-in-law, Michael Karfunkel and his brother, George Karfunkel.{{cite magazine|title=Michael Karfunkel, the Orthodox Billionaire No One Heard Of, Dies at 72|url=https://forward.com/news/obituaries/339660/michael-karfunkel-the-orthodox-billionaire-no-one-heard-of-dies-at-72/|author=Nathan-Kazis, Josh|magazine=The Forward|date=April 28, 2016}}{{cite web|title=AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. Announces The Passing Of Founder And Chairman Michael Karfunkel|url=https://www.thestreet.com/story/13548132/1/amtrust-financial-services-inc-announces-the-passing-of-founder-and-chairman-michael-karfunkel.html|publisher=The Street|accessdate=29 June 2016|date=27 April 2016}} As of 2016, he is chairman, CEO and president, relinquishing the latter role to Adam Karkowsky in 2019. He also holds key executive positions at the firm's many wholly owned subsidiaries such as AMT Warranty Corporation.{{cite web|title=Barry Dov Zyskind|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=27674603&privcapId=27602218|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=6 October 2016}}
Other roles
Zyskind has been non-executive chairman at National General Holdings Corp since 2016. He holds the same position at Maiden Holdings Ltd{{cite news|title=Barry D. Zyskind|url=http://quotes.wsj.com/AFSI/company-people/executive-profile/2624774|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=6 October 2016|archive-date=8 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408141447/https://quotes.wsj.com/AFSI/company-people/executive-profile/2624774|url-status=dead}} and sits on the board of American Stock Transfer & Trust Co.
Zyskind sits on the management board of First Non-Profit Foundation{{cite web|title=Barry D. Zyskind|url=http://www.firstnonprofit.org/board_members/barry-d-zyskind|publisher=First Nonprofit Foundation|accessdate=6 October 2016}} – a private grant-making organization in Pennsylvania that seeks to strengthen the nonprofit sector in America.
He co-founded Pine Technology Acquisition Corp, a Special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in 2021.{{cite web|last=Mughal|first=Sarah|title=Barry D. Zyskind|url=https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/blank-check-company-co-founded-by-amtrust-ceo-eyeing-insurtech-targets-62766962|publisher=S&P Global|accessdate=October 3, 2023}} In March 2021, the SPAC raised $345 million in an IPO.{{Citation|title=Weather security platform Tomorrow.io ends $1.2 billion SPAC deal |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/weather-security-platform-tomorrowio-ends-12-bln-spac-deal-2022-03-07/}}
Recognition
Zyskind has twice appeared on Forbes lists of successful businessmen. In 2012 he was listed as the 11th most powerful CEO under the age of 40.{{cite magazine|title=America's 20 Most Powerful CEOs 40 and Under|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/efkk45gegd/no-11-barry-zyskind/#fb437004fabe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216174021/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/efkk45gegd/no-11-barry-zyskind/#fb437004fabe|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 16, 2012|magazine=Forbes|accessdate=6 October 2016}} Then in 2014, under his leadership, AmTrust was listed as America's best managed insurance company.{{cite magazine|last1=Chen|first1=Liyan|title=America's Best-Managed Companies|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/liyanchen/2014/12/10/americas-best-managed-companies/#7fc4cc1e7c76|magazine=Forbes|accessdate=6 October 2016}}
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Category:20th-century American businesspeople
Category:New York University Stern School of Business alumni
Category:American chief executives of financial services companies