Moderated by Tom Lowry, media editor, Business Week
Steve Rattner is Managing Principal at Quadrangle Group LLC, a private investment firm that invests in mature and high-growth media and communications companies in the United States and Europe through a $1.08 billion private equity fund.
Prior to founding Quadrangle, Mr. Rattner was Deputy Chairman and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Lazard. Mr. Rattner founded Lazard's Media and Communications Group and has been involved in many of the largest and most important transactions in these industries.
Mr. Rattner, who joined Lazard in 1989 as a General Partner, was previously a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, where he also founded the Communications Group. He serves on the boards of a number of nonprofit organizations and writes regularly on economic and public policy matters. Mr. Rattner holds a B.A. with honors in economics from Brown University and was awarded the Harvey Baker Fellowship.
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