FORA.tv Speaker - Alan Patricof

Alan Patricof is a Co-Founder of Apax Partners, L.P. (formerly Patricof and Co. Ventures, Inc.). Alan founded the firm at a time when venture capital was at an incipient stage, and has since been instrumental in growing the industry from a base of high net-worth individuals to its position today with broad institutional backing. He was instrumental in the start-up, financing, and subsequent strategic guidance that helped facilitate the growth of companies such as American Online, Office Depot, Cadence Systems, Apple Computer, FORE Systems, NTL, Audible, Inc.