Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 14, 2001
MICHAEL L. HARTZMARK, Chairman and CEO of Cragar Industries, Inc.,
joined the company as a full-time employee in May 1993 and served as its
President and Chief Executive Officer since June 4, 1993 and as a
Director from January 1, 1993. He relinquished the Presidency of the
company in November 1999. Prior to joining the company, Dr. Hartzmark
was an economic consultant as President of EconOhio Corporation and a
financial consultant as President of MDA Financial, Inc. EconOhio wrote
business plans for and provided advice to a variety of companies. MDA
provided financial consulting services to small and medium-sized
companies, as well as assistance to oil and gas and real estate limited
partnerships. From 1987 to 1989, Dr. Hartzmark was Senior Economist at
Lexecon Inc., a Chicago-based economics and law consulting firm. Dr.
Hartzmark was the John M. Olin Visiting Scholar at the University of
Chicago and an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan. He has
also worked for the Treasury Department and the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission. Dr. Hartzmark earned his MA and PhD degrees in
Economics at the University of Chicago. He holds a BA in Economics from
the University of Michigan. Profile
Dr. Hartzmark: In the early 1930s, Crane Gartz founded the company,
which obviously explains how the name 'CRAGAR' was
