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FanBridge - Power-Up Your Fan List - Powering Valuable Fan Relat. Cool web stuff. Comics. 7 things people get wrong about the Internet and TV. Ada Lovelace Day. Napa getaway. Politics. Travel. Music. Books. Devices. Alan Patricof. Alan Patricof (born 1934) is an American investor and one of the early pioneers of the venture capital and private equity industries. Patricof founded Apax Partners (based on a play on Patricof's name: Alan Patricof Associates Cross (x) Border), which is today one of the largest private equity firms globally. Early life and education[edit] Patricof grew up in a Jewish family[2] on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City,[3] the son of immigrants from Russia. His father was a small time stockbroker.[1] He graduated from The Ohio State University in 1955 after only three years and earned an M.B.A. from Columbia University in 1957 while working full-time as an analyst for an investment firm.[3][4] While a student at Ohio State, he became a member of the Nu chapter of the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity.[5] Career[edit] By the mid-1990s Apax had become one of the larger private equity firms globally.
Personal life[edit] Patricof has been married twice: Political and other affiliations[edit]