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Marko Ciklic is a Croatian-American[1] businessman, sales professional, investor, and entrepreneur. Ciklic was born in 1987 in Brooklyn[2], NY and grew up in Boonton[3], NJ. Ciklic has two older brothers and is the son of Croatian immigrants from two islands on the Dalmatian Coast[4] of the Adriatic Sea. Ciklic comes from a family of athletes that excelled in soccer and basketball. Ciklic, his two brothers, and cousins all went on to play soccer at the top collegiate level and Ciklic had a brief career playing semi-professionally. Ciklic attended Morris Catholic High School in Denville, NJ where he excelled in soccer. In his four years, he won 2 County Championships, 4 State Championships, and in his Senior year led his team to a #2 New Jersey State Ranking, #24 national ranking and was a member of the All-State Team. Ciklic went on to play for Seton Hall University in the Big East Conference. As a freshman, he played in the Big East Tournament and was a two time All Big East Academic Team member throughout his career. Ciklic went on to earn his Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Entrepreneurial Studies from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, NJ. Ciklic went on to graduate in 2012 as a Betta Gamma Sigma Member. He got his first taste of business while in his second year of graduate school as a marketing intern for a medical device company. Ciklic quickly rose through the ranks within his company becoming one of the youngest Sales Representatives in the U.S and has gone on to be recognized as among the nation’s top performers consistently each year.