Marcus Haar
Marcus Haar | |
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 Haar at the 2019 King's Ball | |
| Born | October 31, 1985 |
| Alma mater | University of Rhodeland |
| Occupation | Chairman and CEO (2016-Present) Media personality and Model (XXX-2016) |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Spouse(s) | Ariel Smith (m. 2016) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Vance Haar Jr Sharon Haar |
Marcus William “Mark” Haar (born October 31, 1985) is a Rhodelander business executive who is Chairman and CEO of Noice and Publisher and Executive Chairman of the Press & Journal. He is also known for his previous career as a media personality and model. He is the son of Vance Haar Jr and Sharon Haar (née Bryan), and a grandson of former President Vance Haar.
Early life
Haar was born on October 31, 1985, the son of Sharon Haar (née Bryan) and businessman Vance Haar Jr. He is the oldest of three children, Haar has a younger brother, Vance Haar III, and a younger sister, Lauren Haar.
He attended the Madison Preparatory School in Livingstone. Haar graduated from the University of Rhodeland, with a certificate in photography, bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in management and a master degrees in organizational leadership. He was also a member of Chi Phi fraternity.
Career
Modeling and acting
Before graduating from the University of Rhodeland, Harr signed with The Hillary Michaels Modeling Agency. Before his retirement he was one of Hillary Michaels most successful male models. He has been featured on the covers of Freshmen (as 1 of 2 straight men to be on its cover), Outdoorsman and Runway. He frequently modeled for Matthew Vincent, as well as for Fenmore’s and designers Donna Martin and James Holt.
Haar began appearing in the TVRe reality series The Hillary Michaels Modeling Agency in June 2013. He left the series in December 2015 to pursue other business endeavors. Haar also appeared on Splash! finishing in fourth place in 2014. In 2016, he was a housemate on Celebrity Big Brother, reaching the final and finishing as the runner-up
Haar starred as a lawyer opposite to Julianna Scott, in the TVRe Christmas film The Christmas Inn (2016). While reviewers unanimously praised Haar's performance, Trio wrote: "Haar looks like a duck out of water. If the guy wasn’t good to look at with his shirt-off this would have been one long movie.” With 14.53 million viewers, the film won its time period and represented the most-watched TVRe movie in five years.
After his role in The Christmas Inn, Haar retired from modeling and acting.
Noice
In September 2016, Haar announced that he had secured the winning bid to purchase Livingstone-based clothing brand Noice, which had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April. Haar’s bid of RD$9.15 million was enough to secure Noice over the bids of two others including capital-investment firm Big Flower Capital. After it sale to Haar, Noice exited bankruptcy as a privately owned company with 595 stores with no immediate plans to close any locations. With Haar becoming Noice new Chairman and CEO.
Press & Journal
In May 2018, the Press & Journal reported that Haar made the minimum bid of RD$5 million to buy its parent company, the Press & Journal, Inc’s assets. The sale closed on June 30.
Following the closure, 81 positions where cute, including Publisher Joseph Sukle and Editor-in-chief Jason Maddux. Haar became the new publisher and executive chairman of the newspaper. Haar appointed Brad Vayda, a former Boo! employee, to serve as Editor-in-chief and chief executive officer.
Haar and Vayda described the new direction of the newspaper to their staff in a memo “as we focus and expand our digital footprint, we are shifting the Press & Journal to a three-day print publication schedule. This will help us be a vertically integrated digital media company." In May 2020, 2 years after Haar acquisition of the Press & Journal, he said in a comment to the newspaper that he had "underestimated the difficulty of transitioning an old and traditional newspaper into a digital media company in today’s quickly evolving climate." But he “remains determined to turnaround the Press & Journal into a digital media company
Personal life
He began dating Ariel Smith in 2014. On December 17, 2016, Haar and Smith where married in the Alexandrian-Prussian Antilles. Their first son, Elijah David, was born on November 21, 2018. Their second son, Nathaniel James, was born on April 19, 2020, two days after his father Vance Haar, Jr. died.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-2015 | The Hillary Michaels Modeling Agency | Himself | Series regular |
| 2014 | Splash! | Himself / Contestant | 4th place |
| 2016 | Celebrity Big Brother | Himself / Houseguest | 2nd place |
| The Christmas Inn | Ryan Mason | Television film |