Mark Gorton

Gorton holds a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering from Yale University, a Master's in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from Harvard University. He began his career as an electrical engineer for Martin Marietta (now part of Lockheed Martin), and, following his interests in business, entered the world of fixed-income trading at Credit Suisse First Boston prior to going out on his own and launching the Lime Group of companies.

Gorton owns Tower Research Capital LLC, a financial services firm he started in 1998.

Gorton created LimeWire in 2000, which subsequently became one of the most popular peer-to-peer file sharing clients over the next several years. Gorton was a key figure in Arista Records LLC v. Lime Group LLC, which in 2010 found Lime Group and Gorton personally liable for copyright infringement facilitated by LimeWire, with the parties agreeing to a permanent injunction to shut down LimeWire that year. The case was later settled in 2011 with Gorton paying $105 million to RIAA.

In 2005 Gorton backed The New York City Streets Renaissance Campaign (NYSCR). Two of the best known projects of NYSCR are Streetsblog and Streetfilms.