Dinner Club: The Rise and Fall of Capital Investors in the COM Era

Author: Shannong Henry
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: Since 1997, on the second Monday of every month, 26 powerful figures in the business world—Vanderbilts and Morgans of this era—gather for dinner. Here, they hear investment pitches and select projects that interest them to invest. These members of the exclusive private club have experienced the brief“.COM” era of the 1990s with us—unforeseen economic growth and, in retrospect, foreseeable decline. They include the co-founder of AOL Steve Case and James V. Kintner, Alfred R. Berkeley, vice chairman of the NASDAQ, John Sidgmore, CEO of WorldCom, Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy, Mark R. Warner, governor of Virginia and former tech investor, and Ted Leonsis, AOL executive and co-owner of the Washington Wizards. In The Dinner Club, the author takes readers straight to their table, showing us behind-the-scenes scenes and glimpses of stories filled with selfishness and greed, the fulfillment and shattering of dreams, and the continued rise of a few. The Dinner Club is not only an insider's story of this historical period but also a glimpse into the future of America, because the members of the club have created a spirit that will forever influence all of us.