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Jack Markell was born November 26, 1960, in Newark, Delaware. He earned an undergraduate degree in economics and development studies from Brown University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Markell entered politics after a successful career in the private sector, where he helped grow a company of 13 people called Fleet Call into the company now known as Nextel. In addition, he has been a banker at First Chicago Corporation, a consultant at McKinsey and Company, and a senior executive at Comcast Corporation. In 2006, he was elected to a third term as state treasurer. Markell and his wife Carla have two children.