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罗杰•麦克纳米，2006年
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罗杰•麦克纳米，2006年 麦克纳米是银湖合伙基金（Silver Lake Partners）创始人之一，后来又与他人共创高地风险投资公司（Elevation Partners），他还是个乐手，以“胖袋熊”（Chubby Wombat）这个艺名演出。其乐队Moonalice的成员包括杰克•卡萨迪和彼得•西尔斯，前者以效力于杰斐逊飞机（Jefferson Airplane）乐队的经历著称，后者则曾为其继承者杰斐逊星船（Jefferson Starship）的一员。2006年麦克纳米50大寿，他在高地风投的合伙人、U2乐队主唱博诺在旧金山动物园送上了一首小夜曲，当然麦克纳米估计不用为此付钱，除非把2005年前后高地风投一些失败投资给两人造成的损失也算进去。 在80年代，持续多日的生日派对可能带来不容小觑的商业合同。据迈克尔•马托回忆，摩纳哥的一次狂欢使高科技公司洛克希德马丁（Lockheed Martin）的高管们与海湾富国的财长们接上了头——不过麦克纳米的寿宴更大程度上是为了维护投资者的团结。麦克纳米和博诺对高地风投的信心收到了回报，2009年该公司对Facebook的投资极为成功，抹去了先前押宝Palm和福布斯（Forbes）的不愉快回忆。不过，扭转麦克纳米运势的到底是那场生日演唱会还是改变乐队名称之举，我们就不得而知了。 |
Roger McNamee, 2006 McNamee, one of the founders of Silver Lake Partners and now of Elevation Partners is also a musician via an alter ego, Chubby Wombat. McNamee/Wombat's band Moonalice includes hired guns Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane and Pete Sears of its spin-off, Jefferson Starship. At his 50th birthday in 2006, however, McNamee enjoyed the public serenading of his Elevation business partner Bono at the San Francisco Zoo. McNamee probably didn't have to pay for that appearance, unless you count the money both were losing on Elevation's bets in the mid-2000s. In the 1980s, multi-day birthday parties could lead to some serious business deals. Michael Marto recalls one binge in Monaco that brought together execs of Lockheed Martin and finance ministers from the Gulf states -- but this one was more about preserving investors' unity. McNamee and Bono's faith in Elevation has paid off, as its 2009 investment in Facebook helped erase memories of its gambles on Palm and Forbes. It's unclear whether McNamee's birthday concert or his changing his band's name was the key to his turn of luck. |
