James Clarke on Clubhouse

Bio

Husband. Father. Faithful. Friend.
CEO. Board Member.
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CEO/Managing Partner of Clarke Capital Partners, a Family Office. In 2001, James founded and led Utah-based online retailer, CLEARLINK—with roughly 2,000 full-time employees today—until it was acquired in 2011 by Pamlico Capital (formerly Wachovia) and has since been acquired in 2016 by Sykes (NSDQ:SYKE).

Today, Clarke serves as chair or director on the boards of various private and public companies in the US and abroad, including the 2017 IPO of PetIQ (NSDQ:PETQ), where he served as chairman. He has also served as a trustee and board member of universities as well as regional and global non-profit organizations. Currently, James is the Governor appointed Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees at Utah Valley University—the state’s largest institution of higher learning, with roughly 42,000 full-time students—where he also serves as audit chair.

Clarke Capital portfolio companies have been named as some of the nation’s fastest growing organizations on the INC. 500 list--as well as others--and many have been voted repeatedly as their regions' "Best Place to Work”. In 2013, the Utah State Bar named Clarke as the "Technology Pioneer of the Year" and in 2015 BusinessQ Magazine named him as one of their “10 Coolest Entrepreneurs”.

James is married to the former Andrea Earl of Holladay, Utah (Columbia and Utah Eccles Alumnus) and they are parents to three children. As a team, they chaired 2019's Utah Philanthropy Day and currently serve as chairs emeritus. Clarke is an alumnus of Brigham Young University, Harvard University and holds a Masters Degree in Major Programme Management from the University of Oxford, where he has returned to lecture on occasion.

The Clarkes contribute to causes which support the arts, education & poverty alleviation through their 'Labor & Honor' 501©3 foundation.