| A consulting firm | Tusk Ventures |
| A client | Uber Technologies |
| Notes | In his deal with Uber, Mr. Tusk took equity as payment, an arrangement that has paid off handsomely for his existing firm, Tusk Strategies, which generally focused on publicly traded companies rather than start-ups. He plans to have Tusk Ventures, which will have a dozen employees, also take a stake in the early-stage start-ups it advises. Tusk Ventures will assume from Tusk Strategies the responsibility for advising Uber. |