Steve Westly

We are thrilled to announce investor and former California state controller Steve Westly as the newest speaker for GreenBeat 2009, the seminal executive conference on the Smart Grid taking place Nov. 18 and 19 in San Mateo. Bringing...

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...that he would be forgoing a bid. Though other state Democrats are mentioned as potential Brown foes, including former state controller Steve Westly and Reps. Loretta Sanchez and Jane Harman, none have taken the plunge. State Treasurer Bill...

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...spending for a California gubernatorial race," said Jude Barry, campaign manager for the last mega-rich candidate to run for governor, Steve Westly. She spent almost as much on chartered jets ($111,706) as Campbell spent in total ($147,030)...

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...she would be hard pressed to distance herself from the legacy of her husband, current Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. State Controller Steve Westly has also run in the past, but unable to beat real estate developer Phil Angelides in the...

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...issues they're facing," he told the audience at the Cooley Godward law firm-organized conference. Westly recently raised a $140 million fund, and he's looking for investments into China's green industry. We're told his firm should soon make...

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...waste, fraud and abuse, I ask: 'Who doesn't?" Campbell said. Whitman responds State Controller John Chiang and former Controller Steve Westly, who are not running for governor but were asked to speak at Saturday's forum, struck similar...

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...System). State law prohibited Westly from approaching the managers of either fund within a year after he left their boards. But Westly has that question covered, too. He decided against approaching the managers of either pension fund.

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...the Western United States, the 100-year drought in Australia, and depleted water tables in China due to pollution. But Westly admits he does not know "where to play" -- in measurement systems, remediation, filtration or desalination or...

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...believe that is important, so the principals in our fund committed over 20 percent of the capital of the fund," Westly added. Westly said he also is confident cleantech companies will help propel initial public offerings. "I'm incredibly...

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