M. William Benedetto
Description M. William Benedetto has served as a member of our board of directors since our inception. Benedetto is a co-founder and chairman of The Benedetto Gartland Group, a boutique investment bank founded in 1988 that specializes in raising equity capital for private equity firms and providing other investment banking services. From 1983 to 1988, Benedetto served as executive vice president, director and manager of Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.'s Investment Banking Division. As senior officer in charge of that firm's national corporate and public finance departments, he oversaw all investment banking advisory services as well as investment products for the firm's retail and institutional distribution systems. From 1980 to 1983, Benedetto served as head of corporate finance for Warburg, Paribas Becker. From 1978 to 1980, Benedetto served as head of Blyth Eastman Dillon's Chicago office. Benedetto was lead director of Donna Karan International from 1996 to 2001 and chaired its audit and compensation committees. Benedetto is also a member of the board of directors of Georgetown University, is chairman of its board of regents, is a director of FidelisCare, a healthcare insurance company, and is a former chairman of the Securities Industry Association's corporate finance committee. He is co-author of Initial Public Offerings: A Strategic Planner for Raising Equity Capital (Probus Publishing, Chicago, IL). To view the detailed information, you need to SUBSCRIBE with us. |
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