Michael Klein Biography and Net Worth

Michael S. Klein has served as Board Director since the Churchill IPO in February 2020, and previously served as Churchill’s Chief Executive Officer and President from February 2020 to October 2020. Mr. Klein is also the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Churchill Capital Corp V, Churchill Capital Corp VI and Churchill Capital Corp VII, which are blank check companies whose sponsors are an affiliate of M. Klein & Company, LLC. Mr. Klein also serves on the board of directors of Skillsoft, an entity which merged with Churchill Capital Corp II in June, 2021. Prior to the merger, Mr. Klein served as the CEO and Chairman of the board of directors of Churchill Capital Corp II. Mr. Klein is currently a director of Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse AG, Magic Leap (a private company), TGB Europe NV (a private company), AltC Acquisition Corp. and he holds positions as a board member and/or adviser for multiple charitable organizations. Mr. Klein was the co-founder and Chairman of Churchill Capital Corp, a blank check company formed in 2018. Churchill Capital Corp merged with Clarivate Analytics in May 2019, and Mr. Klein served on the board of directors of Clarivate Analytics through October, 2021. Mr. Klein is the founder and managing partner of M. Klein & Company, which he founded in 2012. M. Klein & Company is a global strategic advisory firm that provides its clients a variety of advice tailored to their objectives. Mr. Klein is a strategic advisor to global companies, boards of directors, senior executives, governments and institutional investors. Mr. Klein’s background in strategic advisory work was built during his 30-year career, including more than two decades at Citi and its predecessors, during which he initiated and executed strategic advisory transactions. He began his career as an investment banker in the M&A Advisory Group at Salomon Smith Barney and subsequently became Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Citi Markets and Banking, with responsibilities for global corporate and investment banking and Global Transaction Services across Citi.