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Forstmann, an attorney, founded Forstmann Little in 1978 with his younger brother Nicholas, and Brian Little. [8] Forstmann's second brother, J. Anthony Forstmann, founded ForstmannLeff . Under Forstmann's leadership, Forstmann Little & Company made 31 acquisitions and significant investments and returned more than $15 billion of profits to ...
On Monday, global sports and media behemoth IMG announced the death of its chairman and CEO, Theodore J. "Ted" Forstmann, from brain cancer. Forstmann, born in 1940, was a former investment banker ...
Ruttenberg arranged funding for Forstmann, who launched Forstmann Little & Company in 1978. [3] The company was founded by brothers Ted and Nick Forstmann, and Brian Little. [4] With the deaths of Brian Little and Nicholas Forstmann in 2000 and 2001, [5] respectively, Ted Forstmann was the chief partner. A third brother, J. Anthony Forstmann ...
Forstmann was an original investor in Forstmann Little & Company in 1975 with his two brothers, Theodore J Forstmann (Ted) and Nicholas C Forstmann (Nick). At its peak, the company was one of the largest private equity firms globally and specialized in leveraged buyouts. He remained a special limited partner until his brother's passing. [5]
Forstmann and the late John Walton met as donors to the Washington Scholarship Fund (WSF), founded in 1993 to provide scholarships for low-income families in Washington D.C. When more than 8,000 applications applied to WSF for the 1998-99 school year the two men realized there was substantial demand among poorer families for alternatives to the ...
Theodore J. Forstmann, 71, American financier (IMG, Topps, Gulfstream) and philanthropist, brain cancer. [ 260 ] Alex Ibru , 66, Nigerian newspaper publisher and politician, Minister of Internal Affairs (1993–1995).
Forstmann Little & Company one of the largest private equity firms through the end of the 1990s, founded in 1978 by Ted Forstmann, Nick Forstmann and Brian Little; Clayton, Dubilier & Rice founded as Clayton & Dubilier in 1978; Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe founded by Pat Welsh, Russ Carson, Bruce Anderson and Richard Stowe in 1979;
In 2004, Forstmann Little, led by Theodore J. Forstmann, acquired the company; Forstmann served as chairman and CEO until his death in late 2011. On June 1, 2006, IMG Media acquired Tiger Aspect Productions , the producer of the British television series Mr. Bean and the company, along with Darlow Smithson Productions (also acquired in 2006 ...