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In 1970, Peck co-founded the private investment firm Weiss, Peck & Greer with Philip Greer and brothers Roger and Stephen H. Weiss. [2] Weiss Peck offered investment-management, private equity, venture-capital and clearing services. With assets under management in excess of $16.5 billion, it was acquired by Dutch asset manager Robeco in 1998. [7]
Weiss was born to a Jewish family and graduated from Cornell in 1957, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society. [2] [3] [4] He began a successful banking career at A.G. Becker & Co., where he served as vice president and board member from 1959 to 1970. [5]
Weiss is particularly known for his digital journalism innovations. New York Times best-selling author Jeffrey Sharlet wrote of him, "If you crossed Jorge Luis Borges and Isaac Babel , and forced the monstrosity that resulted to write on deadline, you might wind up with something like the journalism of Steven I. Weiss — erudite and two-fisted ...
Steven Weiss may refer to: Stephen H. Weiss (1935–2008), American investment banker, philanthropist; Steven I. Weiss, Orthodox Jewish journalist and blogger;
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From June 2010 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Matthew E. Rubel joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -79.6 percent return on your investment, compared to a 32.8 percent return from the S&P 500.
Weiss has created and worked in many niche markets like; historical videos for Fortune 500 companies, video news releases, new product releases and interviews with CEOs and politicians. In 2000, Weiss formed Zacuto with Jens Bogehegn. Weiss and Bogehegn have also produced numerous webisodic films and series at Zacuto.