Mr. Suhail R. Rizvi

Co-Founder, Head, and Chief Investment Officer

Age: 51

Mr. John Angelo Giampetroni

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Todd Knowles CPA

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Ben Kohn

Managing Partner

Mr. Hayden V. Bower CPA

Managing Director

Recent Private Companies Transactions:

>Merger/Acquisition January 4, 2017

>SESAC Holdings, Inc

http://www.rizvitraverse.com

landing page - spacex - twatter - playboy

Rizvi Traverse Management LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investments in late stage, management buyouts, management buy-ins, acquisitions, recapitalizations, PIPEs, privatization, turnarounds, restructurings, complex transactions, bankruptcies and reorganizations, and growth capital investments. The firm seeks to invest in Pre-IPO opportunities with a focus on Technology, e-commerce, and social media. It focuses on the United States companies. The firm invests between $25 million and $1000 million in transactions in its portfolio companies. Rizvi Traverse Management LLC is based in Birmingham, Michigan with additional offices in New York, New York, and Beverly Hills, California.

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Suhail R. Rizvi is co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Rizvi Traverse Management LLC. He has a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and sits on the Wharton Undergraduate Executive Board.

A venture capitalist, his investments include Twitter, Facebook, Flipboard and Square.

Due to his large stake in Twitter, both personally and for other investors, he was the subject of media scrutiny at the time of Twitter's IPO; he is notoriously private. Along with social media, Rizvi has invested in telecommunications and entertainment.

In April 2007, Rizvi Traverse acquired an equity ownership stake in Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the successful “Twilight” series. In January 2012, Lions Gate announced that it had acquired Summit Entertainment for $412.5 million.

In 2005, his firm acquired controlling interest in International Creative Management, but sold its stake. After management problems with the Hollywood talent agency, Rizvi Traverse Management exchanged its equity, "for a combination of cash, preferred non-voting shares and an ongoing interest in certain assets of the company. The firm also helped Hugh Hefner buy back Playboy Enterprises in 2011.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suhail_Rizvi

Archive: http://archive.is/bY2kY

http://archive.is/ss51C

>Due to his large stake in Twitter, both personally and for other investors, he was the subject of media scrutiny at the time of Twitter's IPO; he is notoriously private

Archive of NYT story describing Twitter IPO: Page 1: http://archive.fo/v6kCv

Page 2: https://archive.is/Soea0

Has a 15% stake in Twitter worth over a billion dollars: http://archive.is/5JSDH

Is on the Board of the Wharton School in Pennsylvania: http://archive.is/WaeV

Bloomberg Overview of Suhail Rizvi circa 2013: http://archive.is/F6yel

> In April 2007, Rizvi Traverse acquired an equity ownership stake in Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the successful “Twilight” series. In January 2012, Lions Gate announced that it had acquired Summit Entertainment for $412.5 million.: http://archive.is/cm6NA

>In 2005, his firm acquired controlling interest in International Creative Management: http://archive.is/SVdq1

What is International Creative Management: http://archive.is/ApssU

>but sold its stake: http://archive.is/hvSPG

>After management problems with the Hollywood talent agency, Rizvi Traverse Management exchanged its equity, "for a combination of cash, preferred non-voting shares and an ongoing interest in certain assets of the company: http://archive.is/U6Mte

> The firm also helped Hugh Hefner buy back Playboy Enterprises in 2011: http://archive.is/ukx2m

>Hugh Hefner

>deal to make Playboy privately-owned

>In November 2015, the company announced the acquisition of 3D cinema technology firm RealD for $551 million: http://archive.is/OHZyg