Bill Hambrecht is a leading figure in the world of high-tech finance. He was a Co-Founder of Hambrecht & Quist, an investment banking firm that was largely responsible for making Wall Street comfortable with investing in Silicon Valley companies. Now he is the Founder, Chairman, and Co-CEO of WR Hambrecht + Co, a financial services firm that is using the Internet and auction process to level the playing field for investors and issuers.WR Hambrecht + Co provides underwriting and advisory services for technology and emerging growth companies, as well as equity research, sales and trading, full service brokerage and private equity offerings with offices in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and London. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees for The American University of Beirut and is on the Advisory Investment Committee to the Board of Regents of the University of California. He also serves on the Advisory Council to The J. David Gladstone Institutes and is on the board of Decision Economics and Majestic Research. Bill graduated from Princeton University in 1957. |