Dean Woodman (November 4, 1928 – December 19, 2019) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and co-founder of the investment bank Robertson Stephens.
Moses Brown School
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United States Naval Air Corps
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. In 1955, he worked in the investment banking division of Merrill Lynch including 16 years as director of West Coast corporate financing. In 1978, he co-founded investment bank Robertson Colman Stephens & Woodman and in 1982, he co-founded the investment bank Woodman, Kirkpatrick & Gilbreath where he brokered
Pepsi
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History
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In 1984, Woodman served as managing director in the investment banking group of
Hambrecht & Quist
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and in 1988, he served as Managing Director of the international investment bank ING Barings LLC (and its predecessor Furman Selz). In 1999, he left ING to work as a consultant specializing in financial assignments, private equity and debt placements, and mergers and acquisitions. He is also a director of Medallion Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Medallion Financial Corp. In 2002, he provided a $200,000 loan to his son,
Moses Brown School
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to build a community and performing arts center at the school. He made the gift in honor of his Quaker family's five-generation commitment to the school where his great-grandfather Augustine Jones served as a headmaster.
Personal life
Woodman's first marriage was to Lavonne Newell, with whom he had one son, Curtis Woodman. Woodman's second marriage was to Concepcion Socarras with whom he had three children including
Nick Woodman
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Early life and education
Woodman is the son of Concepcion (née Socarras) and Dean Woodman.GoPro. In 1992, Concepcion remarried
Irwin Federman
Irwin Federman (born 1936) is an American businessman, philanthropist and General Partner of U.S. Venture Partners.
Biography
Federman was born to a Jewish family in 1936 and graduated with a B.S. in Economics from Brooklyn College.
, General Partner of
U.S. Venture Partners
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