David I Saperstein

Five S Capital; S S Capital; founder of Metro Networks - sold to Westwood One for $1.2 billion in 1999

The story of David Saperstein’s ascent in the business world is straight from the pages of a Horatio Alger tale. in 1978, there was a “Eureka!” moment, when Saperstein conceived the idea for a new kind of traffic-reporting service while he was stuck in a bumper-to-bumper jam on a Baltimore expressway. Saperstein set up a new business, adding a unique twist. He gave his product to local radio stations on the condition that they run 10-second commercials plugging his chain of car dealerships. Three stations accepted the proposal, and Saperstein hired two traffic reporters. When he sold Metro Networks to Westwood One for $1.2 billion in 1999, his company had a fleet of more than 400 aircraft and was providing news, sports, and weather reports to 3,000 radio stations and 400 TV stations in more than 100 markets. Until 1996 the Sapersteins lived most of the year in Houston, where Metro Networks is based,

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Duane R Roberts	Ken Calvert, John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Michael T McCaul, Jim Talent, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Beth Rogers, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Mitt Romney, Carly Fiorina, Monica Wehby
A Jerrold Perenchio	Ken Calvert, John Cornyn, John McCain, Adam Schiff, Jim Talent, Al Gore, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Beth Rogers, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Noel Irwin Hentschel, Mitt Romney, Carly Fiorina, Conservative, Authentic, Responsive Leadership
Frank Baxter	Ken Calvert, John Cornyn, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Jim Talent, Al Gore, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Noel Irwin Hentschel, Mitt Romney, Carly Fiorina, Monica Wehby, Conservative, Authentic, Responsive Leadership
Bradford M Freeman	Ken Calvert, John Cornyn, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Charles Christopher Cox, Jim Talent, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Beth Rogers, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Noel Irwin Hentschel, Mitt Romney, Carly Fiorina
Robert McNair	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Michael T McCaul, Tom Delay, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Mitt Romney, George E Pataki, Carly Fiorina, Edward Blum, Conservative, Authentic, Responsive Leadership
Richard W Weekley	Ken Calvert, John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Michael T McCaul, Tom Delay, Jim Talent, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Matthew K Fong, George E Pataki, Carly Fiorina, Monica Wehby
Marc I Stern	Ken Calvert, John Cornyn, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Michael T McCaul, Jim Talent, Al Gore, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Mitt Romney, Carly Fiorina, Monica Wehby
Charles R Schwab	John Cornyn, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Charles Christopher Cox, Tom Delay, Jim Talent, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Mitt Romney, Carly Fiorina, Monica Wehby
Elliott Broidy	Ken Calvert, John Cornyn, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Tom Delay, Jim Talent, Al Gore, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Beth Rogers, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Mitt Romney, George E Pataki
Kelly Day	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Jim Talent, Al Gore, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Beth Rogers, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Noel Irwin Hentschel, Mitt Romney, Carly Fiorina
Shawn Smeallie	John Cornyn, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Tom Delay, Jim Talent, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Matthew K Fong, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Mitt Romney, George E Pataki, Carly Fiorina, Monica Wehby
Foster Friess	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Michael T McCaul, Tom Delay, Jim Talent, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Mitt Romney, Carly Fiorina, Monica Wehby
Robert A Day	Ken Calvert, John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Jim Talent, Al Gore, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Beth Rogers, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Noel Irwin Hentschel, Mitt Romney, Carly Fiorina
Kelly Roberts	Ken Calvert, John Cornyn, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Michael T McCaul, Jim Talent, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Mitt Romney, Carly Fiorina, Monica Wehby
L Lowry Mays	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Michael T McCaul, Tom Delay, Al Gore, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George E Pataki, Carly Fiorina
Howard H Leach	John Cornyn, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Charles Christopher Cox, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Mitt Romney, George E Pataki, Carly Fiorina
Erle Nye	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Michael T McCaul, Jim Talent, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Mitt Romney, Monica Wehby
Woody Johnson	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Tom Delay, Jim Talent, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Solutions America PAC, Mitt Romney, Carly Fiorina
Fred S Zeidman	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Michael T McCaul, Tom Delay, Jim Talent, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Solutions America PAC, Mitt Romney
Roger Hertog	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Charles Christopher Cox, Jim Talent, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Solutions America PAC, Mitt Romney, George E Pataki, Carly Fiorina, Monica Wehby

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Gender	Male
Aliases	David Saperstein

David I Saperstein

Five S Capital; S S Capital; founder of Metro Networks - sold to Westwood One for $1.2 billion in 1999

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