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Alan Patricof is Co-Founder of Apax Partners, Inc. (formerly Patricof & Co. Ventures, Inc.), one of the world's leading private equity firms, with operations in eight countries and over $12 billion under management.During the past 30 years, Mr. Patricof has participated in the financing and development of a large number of both public and private companies - many of which he still serves on as a member of the Board of Directors. These companies include Johnny Rockets, Upoc, mFoundry, The Newsmarket, VoodooVox and Zinio Systems, Inc. which are privately held; ATX Communications, Inc., Audible, Inc. and Boston Properties which are publicly owned. Among other companies with which the firm has been involved at the initial stages are Apple Computer, America-On-Line, Cadence Systems, Office Depot and Fore Systems.Mr. Patricof is chairman of the Private Equity Group of the Global Corporate Governance Forum as well as a member of the Board of Advisors for the Yale School of Management's International Institute for Corporate Governance (IICG). He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He is an executive committee board member of TechnoServe, the Trickle Up Program and National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). In addition, he is a member of the UNDP Commission on the Private Sector & Development, the Council on Foreign Relations (where he is also a member of their Committee on Corporate Affairs), and the board of the New York Small Business Venture Fund. He also travels extensively to the developing countries as an advisor to the IFC and the World Bank. | 