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EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, KASTLE SYSTEMS, FALLS CHURCH
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, KASTLE SYSTEMS, FALLS CHURCH
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
Founded in 1972, Kastle Systems is a building and security systems provider that employs 700 people, including more than 100 Virginians.
An investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Ein also is a minority owner of the Washington Commanders as of 2023.
Ein is founder and owner of MDE Sports, which owns the Mubadala Citi DC Open tennis tournament in Washington, D.C., the Washington Justice esports franchise and the Washington City Paper publication. He also started the Washington Kastles, a World TeamTennis team.
In 2023, Ein was tapped by President Joe Biden to serve as chairman of the President’s Export Council, which offers the White House guidance on U.S. trade policies. Before starting his firm, Ein worked for Carlyle Group, Brentwood Associates and Goldman Sachs. He received a bachelor’s from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
In a July interview with The New York Times, he said he is considering selling the Georgetown mansion where the late Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham lived. Although Ein purchased the property in 2002, he and his family have never lived there.
