Control Option® Strategist

E-mail: mbenson@tcomindset.com 

Mark is the founder and president of The Control Option Company and Ameritime, Inc. For the past 37 years, he has focused on educating individuals and families about their money and how to control more of their cash flow and wealth. Using his unique ability and a teamwork approach to this education process, Mark and his colleagues have helped over 2000 families incorporate these practices into their financial lives.

Additionally, since the summer of 2009, Mark has worked to create The Control Option Process, which helps explain The Control Option Mindset (or TCO). He is also a licensed broker for both Health and Life Insurance in several states.

Prior to creating TCO and Ameritime, Mark taught High School Math and Coached High School Football at Priory Catholic in St. Louis, Valle Catholic in Ste. Genevieve and Festus High School. Mark was also named the 2A Missouri State Football Coach of the Year in 1981 and 1982.

He was born and raised in Monroe City, Missouri, and currently resides in Festus, Missouri with his wife Debbie. In his free time, if not watching or attending a St. Louis Cardinals or Mizzou Tigers game, Mark enjoys spending time with his family, which includes his ever-growing brood of grandchildren.