martin lauber

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Martin Lauber is a marketing industry entrepreneur with more than 30 years experience building professional service companies and creating marketing communications for brands like Disney, Levis, Taco Bell, eBay, PayPal, Wells Fargo, Mercedes Benz and Virgin. In 1997 Martin founded Swirl, a major integrated marketing agency which sold to Dentsu/McGarry Bowen in 2017. He founded 19York in 2014. The "anti-holding" company, 19York, makes minority investments in and strategically supports boutique-sized marketing agencies and technology platforms. The agencies invested in by 19York have partnered with Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft, P&G, InBev, Amazon, Starbucks, Clorox, Sprint, and Nestle. In 2019, Martin founded 19Y Ventures which participates in Seed to C-round investments in Mobility, Food Science and eCommerce start-up companies. Martin is an avid car collector and vintage race car driver in his spare time.