Michael P. Balkin

Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer

Mike is Horizon’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors. He also serves as a member of the investment committee of Horizon’s Advisor. Mike has over 35 years of experience in investment and portfolio management and construction.

Mike has been a principal of the Rail-Splitter Micro Cap Rebound Fund since 2023 and an advisor to Wasson Enterprise LLC, a family office, since 2021. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Foresight Acquisition Corp. in 2021. Prior to his position at Foresight, Mike was with William Blair & Co, LLC, a global investment bank and financial services firm, for a combined 30 years. While at William Blair, he was Partner and Co-Manager of the Small-Cap Growth Fund. Mike was also Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Magnetar Investment Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Magnetar Capital LLC, a multi-strategy hedge fund, from 2005 to 2008. Mike is a strategic advisor to P3 Health Partners Inc. (Nasdaq: PIII) (formerly Foresight Acquisition Corp.), OptimizeRX Corporation (Nasdaq: OPRX), and Innventure, Inc. (Nasdaq: INV), the Chairman of Good Sports, a non-profit charity, and Chairman of Performance Health Systems, LLC, a fitness and health company. He previously served as a director of Innventure, Inc. until October 2024. Mike has served as an advisor and director to several other public and private companies. Mike earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University.

Chairman of the Board
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