Norton Garfinkle
Economist, businessman
Norton Garfinkle is chairman of Princeton Scientific Capital Management, a financial investment company. He is also chairman of Princeton SciTech, an investment company that specializes in building new internet based technology companies.
Garfinkle was the founder of Brand Rating Research Corporation, a public opinion research company that provided a syndicated service to many consumer product companies including Proctor & Gamble, Bristol Myers and Colgate, television networks, national magazines and newspapers. The company also created RADAR, the first national radio ratings service.
Garfinkle served as chairman of Electronic Retailing Systems International which provided technology solutions to supermarket chains including the widely used self checkout supermarket systems. The company was sold to IBM in 2003. He founded Advanced Retail Marketing Corporation, an in-store marketing company, which was sold to News Corporation in 1996.
Mr. Garfinkle was hosted by The Common Good in January of 2016: Creating a Great Economy: Lincoln’s Surprising Relevance Today.
