William Hambrecht
Corporate Director and Business Person
AOL Names Susan Lyne to Its New Board of Directors...to Watch." The directors named to AOL's Board of Directors previously are: Tim Armstrong (Chairman), Richard Dalzell, Karen Dykstra, William Hambrecht, Patricia Mitchell, Michael Powell, Fredric Reynolds, James Stengel and Jim Wiatt. On May... In this article: AOL, Time Warner, Gilt Groupe, NEW YORK, New School, Michael Powell, and ABC Entertainment |
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MarketWatch | November 04, 2009
On the verge of independence, AOL weighs on parent
...a board of directors, which includes former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell and investment banker William Hambrecht. AOL is headed by CEO Tim Armstrong, who left Google /quotes/comstock/15*!goog/quotes/nls/goog...
In this article: AOL, Time Warner Inc., Revenue, Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., Recession, MapQuest, and Michael Powell
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San Jose Mercury News | October 27, 2009
AOL stacks board with FCC, media, technology names
...by Time Warner, named a board that includes Michael Powell, the former Federal Communications Commission chairman, and banker Bill Hambrecht. When the separation from New York-based Time Warner is complete, the eight new directors will make...
In this article: AOL, Federal Communications Commission, Time Warner, Bill Hambrecht, Michael Powell, and Plainfield Asset Management
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New York Post | October 26, 2009
Time Warner strips AOL of luxe in spin-off
...FCC chairman Michael Powell, former William Morris chairman Jim Wiatt, ex-CBS CFO Fred Reynolds and legendary technology banker William Hambrecht. AOL under Armstrong has been refashioning itself as a sort of digital magazine publisher,...
In this article: AOL, Time Warner, Corporate governance, Michael Powell, Gulfstream Aerospace, Securities and Exchange Commission, and FCC
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washingtonpost.com | October 26, 2009
Local Business Digest: AOL names board for Time Warner split
...from 2001 to 2005; Patricia Mitchell, president and chief executive of the Public Broadcasting Service from 2000 to 2006; and Bill Hambrecht, founder and chief executive of financial services company WR Hambrecht & Co. AOL chief executive Tim...
In this article: AOL, Time Warner, Medicaid, Michael K. Powell, Federal Communications Commission, Bill Hambrecht, Thomson Reuters, and Public Broadcasting Service
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washingtonpost.com | October 26, 2009
Former FCC Chair Michael Powell Joins AOL Board
...led the FCC between 2001 and 2005, was named along with eight other board members, including technology investment banker William Hambrecht and former Amazon.com chief information officer, Richard Dalzell. Powell currently serves as a senior...
In this article: Michael K. Powell, Federal Communications Commission, AOL, Providence Equity Partners, Amazon.com, and Time Warner
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paidContent.org | October 26, 2009
AOL's Post-Spin Board Includes Former FCC Chair Powell, Former William Morris Head Wiatt
...PSB head Pat Mitchell; former CBS (NYSE: CBS) CFO Fred Reynolds; Karen Dykstra, COO/CFO, Plainfield Direct Inc.; and UFL cofounder William Hambrecht. The door appears to be open for additional announcements; checking on that. Release, bios...
In this article: Michael Powell, William Morris Agency, AOL, FCC, Amazon, NYSE, and Time Warner
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All things digital – all feeds - ATD | October 26, 2009
Meet AOL's BOD: Tim Armstrong Is Under 40, But His Directors-to-Be Aren't [MediaMemo]
...Co. She received a B.S. in accounting from Rider University and a M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University. William R. Hambrecht Bill Hambrecht founded and has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WR Hambrecht + Co since 1998.
In this article: AOL, Michael Powell, Time Warner, and Amazon
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The Washington Post | October 16, 2009
Paul Pelosi, Husband of House Speaker, Takes His Shot at Football
...filings to range from $24 million to $108 million -- would be a distraction. And then with a single investment in his friend Bill Hambrecht's longtime dream of a second professional football league to challenge the NFL, the curtain had...
In this article: Paul Pelosi, Bill Hambrecht, NFL, Al Michaels, Frankie Albert, California, Sam Boyd Stadium, San Francisco, Recession, and Michael Huyghue
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PR Newswire: Financial | October 09, 2009
Burrill & Company and WR Hambrecht + Co to Collaborate on OpenIPO(R) Transactions
...Banking services we provide to the industry." "We are excited to be partnering with Steve," said Bill Hambrecht, Founder and CEO of WR Hambrecht + Co. "Burrill & Company is a top-notch organization and a world leader in biotech and...
In this article: WR Hambrecht + Co, Burrill & Company, Joint venture, Venture capital, Bill Hambrecht, San Francisco, Genentech, and Private Media
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San Francisco Chronicle | October 08, 2009
Yet another league makes a go of it
...and Bobby Sippio (Western Kentucky). Folks, meet "the no-name offense." The league was founded by San Francisco investment banker Bill Hambrecht and other investors, including financier Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
In this article: NFL, United Football League, United States Football League, Cal, World Football League, Stanford, Steve Young, Reggie White, Dennis Green, and Nancy Pelosi
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Bill Hambrecht (born 1935) is an American investment banker and chairman of W.R. Hambrecht + Co. which he founded in 1998. He helped persuade Google to use an Internet-based auction for their initial public offering (IPO) in 2004, instead of a more traditional method using banks and other financial companies to find buyers. He is credited with popularizing this "OpenIPO" model, using Dutch auctions to allow anyone, not just investing insiders, to buy stock in an IPO, potentially raising more money for startups. Some of the companies he has helped have an IPO like this include Overstock.com, Ravenswood winery and Salon.com
Hambrecht is also credited as one of the first major investors to recognize the value of technology and biotech companies, helping to take Apple Computer, Genentech and Adobe Systems public in the 1980s with his earlier San Francisco-based company Hambrecht & Quist, which he founded in 1968 and which also backed the IPOs of Netscape, MP3.com, and Amazon.com. The firm was bought by Chase Manhattan in 1999. In 1997, he sponsored the foundation of BOOM Securities (H.K.) Limited.
In 2007 he was in the news for planning a professional football league, the United Football League, to compete with the National Football League. Along with Google executive Tim Armstrong, Hambrecht pledged $2 million to start the league up, and lured its first owner, billionaire Mark Cuban. In the 1980s Hambrecht was a minority investor in the Oakland Invaders, a charter member of the failed United States Football League.
- Birth Date:
- January 01, 1935
- Spouse:
- Sally
- Residence:
- San Francisco, California
- Occupation:
- Investment banker
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