William Hambrecht
Corporate Director and Business Person
On the verge of independence, AOL weighs on parent...the conference call. Last month, AOL announced that it has named a board of directors, which includes former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell and investment banker William Hambrecht. AOL is headed by CEO Tim... In this article: AOL, Time Warner Inc., Revenue, Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., Recession, MapQuest, Michael Powell, and William Hambrecht |
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New York Post | October 26, 2009
Time Warner strips AOL of luxe in spin-off
Included among those newly charged with overseeing AOL's corporate governance are former FCC chairman Michael Powell, former William Morris chairman Jim Wiatt, ex-CBS CFO Fred Reynolds and legendary technology banker William Hambrecht.
In this article: AOL, Time Warner, Corporate governance, Michael Powell, Gulfstream Aerospace, Securities and Exchange Commission, and FCC
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San Jose Mercury News | October 27, 2009
AOL stacks board with FCC, media, technology names
...State Colin Powell, was an AOL board member from 1998 until the merger with Time Warner. Financial expertise comes from Hambrecht, 74, and Dykstra, 50. Hambrecht's firm specializes in Internet and auction processes and provides underwriting...
In this article: AOL, Federal Communications Commission, Time Warner, Bill Hambrecht, Michael Powell, and Plainfield Asset Management
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BusinessWeek Online | July 31, 2009
The United Football League's Game Plan
The United Football League's Game Plan Bill Hambrecht, AOL Chairman Tim Armstrong, and other wealthy investors say they want the UFL to be Off Broadway to the NFL's Broadway Despite decades of failures to challenge the National Football...
In this article: National Football League, United Football League, Bill Hambrecht, NFL Europa, Nancy Pelosi, and Arena Football League
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Wikipedia | October 08, 2009
Bill Hambrecht
...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. He is a 1957 graduate of Princeton University. He has...
In this article: United Football League, Hambrecht & Quist, National Football League, Netscape, United States Football League, Princeton University, Mp3.com, American University of Beirut, and Chase Manhattan
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AOL Names Board Members
...CFO of CBS Corporation from 2005 until he retired in 2009. On the financial side, Dykstra is a partner at Plainfield Asset Management, Hambrecht is chairman and CEO of financial services firm WR Hambrecht + Co, and Powell has served as a...
In this article: AOL, Michael Powell, and Time Warner
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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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