David is credited with negotiating and structuring the only four-way public company pooling-of-interests merger and was instrumental in the development of off-balance financing vehicles for the biotechnology industry. He also negotiated the first public company stock-for-stock acquisition by a U.S. company for a U.K. company. David was also instrumental in forming, and subsequently acting on the investment committee for, the Bay Area Equity Fund, a venture capital fund focused on a "double bottom line" return - both economic return and community development - for Northern California.
From 1984 through 1987, David was an associate at the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York and London, where he practiced corporate finance and securities law.
David received an A.B. from Harvard University (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and a J.D. from Harvard Law School (cum laude), where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. David is a member of the Advisory Board of Granite Ventures, LLC and the Advisory Board for Partners for Growth, L.P., and he is a Trustee of The Branson School and ABC2, a non-profit foundation focused on cancer research. David is a director of Waterfront Media, Extend Health, Revolution Money and Exclusive Resorts. « less
Business Positions
JPMorgan Chase
A multinational banking corporation and the world's largest public...
Revolution LLC
Launched by Steve Case in 2005, Revolution seeks to transform whole...
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Our practices are ranked among the world’s best across...
Revolution Money
Revolution Money is an alternative payments company that seeks to...
Exclusive Resorts
Exclusive Resorts was founded in 2002 with one mission: to...
Extend Health
Extend Health is one of the leading providers of defined...
Waterfront Media
Waterfront Media is the largest privately held online health...
Other Positions & Memberships
The Branson School
Branson is committed to encouraging students to engage in a...
Education
Harvard University
Elite private university located in Cambridge, MA
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US Senator from Indiana
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US Senator from Massachusetts
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Former Governor of California
Ed Case
US Representative from Hawaii
Al Franken
US Senator from Minnesota
Nancy Pelosi
US Representative from California
Bill Bradley
US Senator from New Jersey
