8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (43)
#18648630 at 2023-04-06 01:32:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22878: Night Shift: Taking On Head Of Snake, D5 Edition
>>18648614
Evan Williams is better and half the price.
#18498770 at 2023-03-13 15:39:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22685: Some Banks, You Know, That Thing Edition
Here's a story for you. The year was 1981. Anon was 10 years old.
Anon's family was convocated for a barbeque in rural South Carolina. Near Florence, in a tiny town called Quinby. Look it up, it might still be there.
Maternal grandma was married to a step-grandfather because her original husband, a specialist in bovine encephalopathy, had been murdered by the DS for blowing the whistle on the work he had done on anthrax. 1972.
Back to 1981. We had a family get-together, a barbecue in a back yard along a rural road that in the summer stank of wet oak and sumac. Behind the house was a creek with a small pier from which one could launch a canoe to go fishing. Most of the fishing we did in those days however was in the swamps.
My step-grandfather was adamant about drinking Evan Williams or Jim Beam. He would not tolerate a mere whiskey. Demanded only sour mash bourbon.
He ran out of his juice and insisted that he would run to the package store to replenish. But on top of that (and this was 4th of July weekend), he demanded that we have fireworks.
The rest of the family were too drunk to argue effectively. So he put my ten-year-old ass in the driver's seat of the van and commanded me to drive. I had never driven a vehicle before. It was a stick shift. I learned awful quick how to drive that thing. He raved in the passenger's seat. He was stone skunk drunk. I took the van to the package store, and he came out with two fifths of whiskey. Then we drove to the northern border (SC/NC) and bought fireworks from a place on that border called "South of the Border". Then I drove that shit back home.
There were no repercussions. Go figure.
#17494192 at 2022-09-04 06:39:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21444: Activate Comfy Shift Edition
>>17494139
#72530 at 2021-03-22 20:47:37 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #324: Big Week Ahead, This Was Needed, Be Ready Edition
>>72524
from 2013
Little-known Hollywood investor poised to score with Twitter IPO
When Twitter goes public in coming weeks, one of the biggest winners will be a 47-year-old financier who guards his secrecy so zealously that he employs a person to take down his Wikipedia entry and scrub his picture from the Internet.
Over the past two years, Suhail Rizvi, founder of New York private equity firm Rizvi Traverse Management, has quietly amassed a stake of more than 15 percent in the microblogging phenomenon for himself and his investors at a cost of more than $1 billion, according to three people with knowledge of his investments. While Rizvi was known to be an investor in Twitter, the extent of his involvement had not previously been reported. Twitter made its IPO registration documents public late Thursday, setting the stage for the most closely watched initial public offering since Facebook's in 2012. Rizvi Traverse is listed as one of the institutional shareholders with at least a 5 percent ownership stake, but no further details were disclosed.
The shares Rizvi purchased were distributed among investors via multiple vehicles, sources said, and the size of his personal stake is not known. People with direct knowledge of his investment activities say that Rizvi, backed by Chris Sacca, a former Google executive and Twitter investor, was instrumental in attracting large private investors to the microblogging site, serving as matchmaker between the company's founders and global financiers from Wall Street to Riyadh. Rizvi declined to comment for this article. Sacca, a longtime friend, gave him an entree into tech investing in 2011 - when Twitter was still struggling to make money. From there, Rizvi scored stakes in some of the most sought-after Internet startups, from Facebook Inc before it went public to Square and Flipboard.
Rizvi's string of tech deals came amid intense competition among hedge funds and private equity investors to secure shares in startups, highlighted by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner's 2009 investment in Facebook. With tech companies waiting later than ever to go public, some investors believed they may miss out on the biggest gains if they wait to buy shares in public markets, when a company's value may no longer rise exponentially. The son of an Iowa psychology professor, Rizvi has networked with rich and powerful people including Queen Noor of Jordan and Google Inc's Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, devising financing schemes that leveraged his access to deep-pocketed investors, according to people who know Rizvi.
Those who invest with Rizvi include British billionaire Richard Branson and Jeffrey Skoll, the former eBay executive and film producer, according to people with knowledge of the matter. It is not clear whether they are among the investors he brought into Twitter. Before turning his attention to the Internet, Rizvi's deal-making focused on Hollywood. He helped Hugh Hefner take Playboy Enterprises private; bought and then sold the Hollywood film studio behind the "Twilight" series; and led the buyout of a leading talent agency, International Creative Management (ICM). Rizvi is not alone among entertainment investors who have turned their focus to Silicon Valley. Former News Corp executive Peter Chernin's Chernin Group has invested in Tumblr, Pandora and Flipboard, while Michael Ovitz, the talent agent and former Disney CEO, has invested in Ron Conway's SV Angel funds, the tech incubator Y Combinator and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
In late 2010, Sacca approached Rizvi with an offer: Sacca's friend Evan Williams had stepped down as CEO of Twitter and was seeking to sell 10 percent of the company. Rizvi soon snapped up the shares for $340 million, according to people familiar with the matter.
Following that first transaction, the two men formed a highly efficient tag team, the sources said. Sacca would seek shareholders who wanted to cash out, while Rizvi helped raise money to purchase the stock. The friends successfully pitched JPMorgan Chase & Co on a deal to buy more than $400 million worth of Twitter shares in 2011. Months later, Rizvi recruited Kingdom Holding Co, Saudi Prince Alwaleed's investment company, to buy an additional $300 million in stock in a separate vehicle.
JPMorgan Chase and representatives for Alwaleed did not respond to requests for comment on the deal.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-ipo-Rizvi-insight-idUSBRE9920VW20131003
#16781637 at 2022-07-22 17:40:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21168: THIS FORCE IS STRONG -ON PALINDROME DAY EDITION
>>16781523, >>16781561
>Rizvi Traverse Management.
Who is Suhail Rizvi? The Twitter Billionaire!
Interesting facts about Suhail Rizvi, the elusive man who earned billions of dollars from Twitter IPO. Rizvi currently owns over 15% share in Twitter.
Recently, especially in India, the news buzz created by Twitter's Initial Public Offering (IPO) was only as high as about a mystery man named Suhail Rizvi. Suhail is the co-founder and current Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of the Rizvi Traverse Management LLC -a private equity company that has invested heavily in social media initiatives like Twitter and Facebook among others. This investment that Suhail made years ago has now begin to reap rewards. Here I am presenting a few known facts about this elusive guy.
Shy Guy
Rizvi prefers to keep himself away from limelight and therefore very little is known about him. The rumor is that he employs a full-time worker whose sole task is to keep removing information about Suhail from Internet. But I am sure, after Twitter IPO, this chap must be facing hard time as Suhail Rizvi is all over the Internet. And why he shouldn't be!
Indian Connection
Suhail Rizvi was born in India. When he was just five years old, his family moved to the USA in 1971. Upon arriving in the USA, the family settled in Iowa Falls. Rizvi's father became a teacher of psychology in Ellsworth Community College. Suhail Rizvi and his brother Ashraf also studied in the same school.
Wharton Graduate
Rizvi graduated from the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania. As he was studying for his MBA degree, he also worked as a real state analyst.
Making of a Business Tycoon
After his MBA, Rizvi bought a telecom company but sold it again without keeping it for long. The profit he made in this deal went into buying a telephone company in Puerto Rico. Rizvi transformed this company as its turnover shot from merely $10 million to $450 million.
Initial Big Leaps
Suhail Rizvi's real big stride in the world of business began when he bought International Creative Management (ICM) in 2005.
ICM managed creative people like Hollywood actors, television personalities, authors and publishers. He sold ICM for a handsome profit.
Rizvi also helped Hugh Hefner, the founder of adult entertainment magazine Playboy, to take private Playboy. Playboy became a public company in 1971 but in 2011, Hugh Hefner decided to buy it back lock, stock and barrel.
The Twitter Billionaire
Rizvi also bought another entertainment company named Summit Entertainment. Purchase and subsequent sale of his company gave a profit of $400 million to Rizvi. He invested this amount into Twitter. Slowly, he went on to acquire as much as 15.6% stake in Twitter, the world's largest microblogging platform. Andwhen Twitter issued an IPO -he earned billions.
Suhail Rizvi tops the list of people who gained the most from Twitter's IPO. His company made a whopping 3.8 billion dollars from this IPO. The second spot was taken by the founder of Twitter Evan Williams ($2.6 bn) and JP Morgan came at the third place as they rake in $2.2 bn.
Behind the Scene Power Broker
After Twitter IPO, the New York Times published a report in which the newspaper described Suhail Rizvi as "strategic power broker who prefers to operate behind the scenes"
This report further said, "In Silicon Valley, and even at Twitter's San Francisco headquarters, prominent investors and executives said they had not heard his name until it popped up in public disclosures by the company last month.
Suhail Rizvi on Twitter
This guy who made the most from Twitter keeps his own Twitter profile private! His profile is said to have a peacock's photograph as profile picture.
https://techwelkin.com/suhail-rizvi-twitter-billionaire
https://archive.ph/ZPSdY
#16668626 at 2022-07-08 03:07:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21045: Guidestones Made Primetime Edition
>>16668624
Evan Williams melts ice
#16208212 at 2022-05-04 14:33:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20502: Palindrome Edition
>>16208185
Biz Stone, byname of Christopher Isaac Stone, (born March 10, 1974, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.), American entrepreneur who, with Evan Williams and Jack Dorsey, founded (2006) Twitter, an online microblogging service.
Stone and Williams were then approached by Dorsey, whose ideas about text messaging led the three men to develop and found Twitter. The service allowed users to share status updates in the form of 140-character messages known as "tweets." After Twitter went live in 2006, Stone served as creative director for the company. It quickly became a popular social networking hub as well as a mainstream form of communication. With endorsements from corporations, celebrities, and news outlets, Twitter had by 2011 more than 100 million monthly active users, with one billion tweets being sent each week. That year Stone stepped down as creative director.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Biz-Stone
#16075710 at 2022-04-14 17:18:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20334: FBI Releases "Fly It Like You Stole It" Classifieds, Meanwhile.. Edition
Rizvi Traverse Management
Happy Hunting
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/suhail-rizvi-worth-3-8-billion-on-twitter-ipo.286602/
Suhail Rizvi was born in India and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School. He started and sold a telecom company soon after, and with the proceeds financed the buy-out of an electronic manufacturing business of a Puerto Rico phone company whose annual revenue he boosted from $10 million to $450 million by focusing on higher end products, according to Times of India.
Suhail Rizvi moved with his parents to the United States in 1971 when he was only five. His father Raza Rizvi taught psychology at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Iowa, where Suhail and his brother Ashraf, who is a hedge fund manager, went to school.
In addition to Rizvi Traverse Capital's $3.82 billion, other big winners of Twitter IPO include Evan Williams $2.55 billion, JP Morgan $2.19 billion, Spark Capital $1.46 billion, Benchmark Capital $1.42 billion, USV $1.25 billion, DST Global $1.07 billion, Jack Dorsey $1.05 billion, Dick Costolo $344 million, and Adam Bain $80 million.
Rizvi Traverse's other major investments include a controlling interest in Playboy and music rights organization Sesac, as well as stakes in news app Flipboard and Jack Dorsey's digital payments company, Square. Sources told CNBC that Rizvi invested $100 million in Facebook before its IPO and sold its shares earlier this year. It also has sold its equity stake in talent agency ICM, and in "Twilight" producer Summit Entertainment, which sold to Lionsgate.
Rizvi's biggest individual client is Prince Waleed Bin Talal of Saudi Arabia who invested $300 million pre-IPO in Twitter through Rizvi Traverse. Rizvi also invested JP Morgan Chase's $400 million pre-IPO in Twitter. Rizvi is reported to have used personal connections in Silicon Valley to purchase these stakes from Twitter employees.
#14652908 at 2021-09-24 19:36:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #18535: EBake MAGA Promise Edition
Lab Grown Meat To Hit U.S. in 2022, Backed By FDA & USDA, Along with "Smarter Food Safety Blueprint" and Traceability All Underway
Corey's Digs first reported on cultured lab grown meat back in 2018, alerting people that this would soon become a reality, as the globalists chip away at our food security. Now, Future Meat Technologies, a company out of Israel is nearly set to begin shipping its lab grown meat to the U.S. in 2022. This was a blip in the news, missing everyone's radar, and yet their connections and the potential repercussions of this is alarming. But they are not the only company involved with this, and the industry is rapidly gaining traction while the FDA and USDA are getting everything lined up, along with their "Smarter Food Safety Blueprint" with food traceability technology. This is their strategy to control the food industry and everyone's food security, going far beyond the meat industry. Who is backing all of this, what's really in this "meat," and how will this impact farmers and ranchers?
In June 2021, it was announced that Future Meat Technologies was in the approval process with regulatory agencies of its production facility in multiple territories and plans to launch its products in the U.S. in 2022, as the "World's first industrial cultured meat facility," but their are several others. It is an Israeli start-up founded by Rom Kshuk and Chief Scientific Officer Yaakov Nahmias, with the ability to produce 1100 lbs of meat a day initially, and is currently seeking out locations in the U.S. to expand its facilities. They produce "cultured" chicken, pork, and lamb, with beef coming just around the corner.
Many organizations, agencies, and NGOs that are pushing the 2030 agenda have long been backing this agenda under the guise of climate change and sustainability. The World Economic Forum has informed everyone that "You'll eat much less meat. An occasional treat, not a staple." Future Meat Technologies claims that its process will generate 80% less greenhouse emissions, use 99% less land, and 96% less freshwater than traditional meat production. Nahmias has patents pending in the US, China, and Europe for growing cells in vitro.
This isn't a one-off start-up company, this is a full scale agenda to remove the meat industry entirely. In fact, Bill Gates wants "all rich countries to move to 100% synthetic meat," and he's backing nearly all of the companies involved in this industry. The number of companies involved, money being thrown at this, and agencies quick to approve it, is quite staggering.
Timeline of RelEvant Events and Key Players
2001: NASA scientists and Dutch universities began developing the technology for lab-grown meat.
2005: The University of Maryland announced working on growing meat in incubators by utilizing stem cells from a biopsy of a live animal.
2009: Beyond Meat was founded by Ethan Brown, and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA. They develop plant-based substitutes for meat, which created quite a trend, to welcome the future of lab grown meat. It takes time to seeds minds. It takes far less time to get the seed money. Beyond Meat is funded by Tyson Foods, Bill Gates, Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams, Leonardo DiCaprio, GreatPoint Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Biz Stone, Obvious Corporation, and others.
2011: Impossible Foods was founded by Patrick O. Brown, and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. They also develop plant-based meat products, and have also received funding from Bill Gates, as well as the Open Philanthropy Project, Google Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Viking Global Investors, UBS, Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing's Horizon Ventures, Temasek, and others. In 2020, Burger King rolled out the first "Impossible Croissan'wich" in all of their 7,500 locations, followed by Starbucks "Impossible Breakfast Sandwich in all 15,000 locations.
2011: Eat Just, Inc. (formerly Hampton Creek Foods), which often goes by "JUST," was founded by Josh Tetrick and Josh Balk, and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. They produce plant-based alternatives to conventionally-produced egg products. The initial seed funding came from Khosla Ventures, owned by Vinod Khosla, one of the co-founders of Sun-Microsystems, who also invested in Impossible Foods, and is a member of Bill Gates' Giving Pledge. Sales Force CEO Marc Benioff, Facebook co-founded Eduardo Saverin, Hong Kong billionaire Lin Ka-shing, Founders Fund, Yahoo founder Jerry Yang, and Ali Partovi all invested as well. Eat Just's subsidiary, GOOD Meat, produces lab grown meat.
2013: Bill Gates and Peter Thiel invested in Eat Just Inc.
More
https://www.coreysdigs.com/u-s/lab-grown-meat-to-hit-u-s-in-2022-backed-by-fda-usda-along-with-smarter-food-safety-blueprint-traceability/
#14148236 at 2021-07-18 13:00:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17899: Let's Break The Aggregator With Muh Bloatables Edition
>>14148163
Another cheaper sour mash whiskey that tastes like JD is Evan Williams.
#13294320 at 2021-03-25 09:08:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16841: The Game is Rigged, Suez Plug To Push Up Oil Prices Edition
>>13294293
Joe Biden Medium porn problem
Author: https://twitter.com/CaseyNewton
src
https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/24/22349175/medium-layoffs-union-Evan-Williams-blogger-twitter-subscription
Article mentions Evergreen, Pizza, Step Sister Taboo, etc.
#13294293 at 2021-03-25 08:59:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16841: The Game is Rigged, Suez Plug To Push Up Oil Prices Edition
Joe Biden served porn via Medium
astLast week, a partnerships manager at Medium working with the White House found that there was a strange problem with the platform: President Joe Biden was being served porn.
The manager was in a video conference with a White House staffer to discuss how Biden, who had used Medium as a campaign blog in 2020, could begin posting to the official Medium @POTUS account. While sharing his screen with the White House, the staffer logged in to @POTUS and saw the first article recommended to him by Medium: "A is for After," which a sub-headline described as "a cuckold love story."
It's unclear if the White House saw the story. But after the meeting, the Medium staffer tried to improve Biden's recommendations. He followed political topics; he "read" posts by President Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris while logged in as the president. When he refreshed his recommendations, Medium recommended another piece of erotica: "Getting a Piece (and Some Pizza Too)," a story that carries the sub-headline "step sister taboo erotica."
MEDIUM HAD SOMEHOW ADDED BIDEN AS A WRITER ON 10 "GARBAGE PUBLICATIONS"
The employee previously found that Medium had somehow added Biden as a writer on 10 "garbage publications," as well as at least one software development blog. "President Joe Biden is Being Served Erotica on Medium.com," the staffer complained in an internal post.
The episode captured Medium in all its complexity: a publishing platform used by the most powerful people in the world; an experiment in mixing highbrow and lowbrow in hopes a sustainable business would emerge; and a devotion to algorithmic recommendations over editorial curation that routinely caused the company confusion and embarrassment.
On Tuesday, it also cost dozens of journalists their jobs. In a blog post, billionaire Medium founder Ev Williams announced the latest pivot for the nearly nine-year old company. Just over two years into an effort to create a subscription-based bundle of publications committed to high-quality original journalism - and in the immediate aftermath of a bruising labor battle that had seen its workers fall one vote short of forming a union - Williams offered buyouts to all of its roughly 75 editorial employees.
"We have published many stellar stories that found a wide audience and more than paid for themselves," Williams wrote. "But our hit rate has been low, and we're not near where we need to be to make it work economically."
PRODUCTIVITY PORN; ACTUAL PORN
Medium entered the year with more than 700,000 paid subscriptions, putting it on track for more than $35 million in revenue, according to two people familiar with the matter. That's a healthy sum for a media company. But it represents a weak outcome for Williams, who previously sold Blogger to Google and co-founded Twitter, which eventually went public and today has a market capitalization of more than $50 billion. [1]
https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/24/22349175/medium-layoffs-union-Evan-Williams-blogger-twitter-subscription
#12010094 at 2020-12-13 18:43:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15331: Soros Infested Wisconsin SCOTUS Edition
>>12010082
March 2006
Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams in March 2006 and launched in July of that year. By 2012, more than 100 million users posted 340 million tweets a day, and the service handled an average of 1.6 billion search queries per day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter#:~:text=Twitter%20was%20created%20by%20Jack,billion%20search%20queries%20per%20day.
#11818973 at 2020-11-28 16:57:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15086: #BidenCheated Edition
>>11818970
"In 2007, and again in 2008, Kahneman gave a masterclass in "Thinking About Thinking" to, among others, Jeff Bezos (the founder of Amazon), Larry Page (Google), Sergey Brin (Google), Nathan Myhrvold (Microsoft), Sean Parker (Facebook), Elon Musk (SpaceX, Tesla), Evan Williams (Twitter), and Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia).3"
#11656983 at 2020-11-15 18:07:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14883: Ebake Edition
From upcoming dig on Benchmark Capital, Scytl, Twitter, Paul Allen, Obama, Election Fraud...
Top 10 shareholders of Twitter?
Nov 5 2017
https://qanon.pub/#113
Evan Clark Williams is the largest owner of Twitter, with [1.7] million shares owned directly as of on July 24, 2018
https://www.quora.com/Who-is-the-largest-shareholder-of-Twitter
Sold 30% of stock to get down to [1.7] million?
Note: April 2017 dates for next two articles
6 April 2017, an article announced Williams would sell 30 percent of his stock in Twitter, for "personal reasons."
February 2019, Williams stepped down from his role as a board member for Twitter.
After President Trump credited his election to the use of Twitter, Evan Williams stated that if true, he was sorry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Williams_%28Internet_entrepreneur%29
Twitter: Fenton, a board member since 2009, will leave after the company's annual meet in May, a regulatory filing showed.
Fenton, who is a partner at venture capital firm Benchmark Capital, will not seek re-election after his term expires, the microblogging site said in the filing.
April 08, 2017
https://www.news18.com/news/tech/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-forgoes-compensation-1369870.html
"You Don't Have To Tweet To Twitter" by the venture capitalist Bill Gurley, whose firm Benchmark Capital, backed the company when it was private.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/markrogowsky/2014/04/12/you-dont-need-to-tweet-to-use-twitter-so-why-is-everyone-bothered-few-do/
Voting Integrity? Part 2: Scytl & Apparent Snopes Cover-up
Scytl's Investors page lists three companies: Nauta Capital, Balderton Capital, and Spinnaker SCR. Closer inspection reveals that Balderton Capital is linked to an Obama donation source, Benchmark Capital:
July 22, 2012
http://gulagbound.com/31993/voting-integrity-part-2-scytl-apparent-snopes-cover-up/
President Barack Obama has led tributes to Dave Goldberg, the boss of Silicon Valley startup SurveyMonkey and husband of Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, who died following a freak treadmill accident while on holiday in Mexico.
Goldberg, who was 47, died of head trauma on Friday night after apparently falling off a treadmill and banging his head at a luxury beach resort in Mexico. He was discovered on the floor of the gym covered in blood by his brother Robert at about 7pm on Friday night after the family became anxious that Goldberg had not returned after leaving to work out at 4pm.
Goldberg, who worked at Yahoo and venture capital firm Benchmark Capital before joining SurveyMonkey in 2009, married Sandberg in 2004.
May 5, 2015
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/05/president-obama-mourns-dave-goldberg-death-mexico
NOTE: Age 47, 7pm, 4pm? 4774? 11:11? Make a Wish? Make a Witch?
Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is tapping into a new and lucrative fundraising source: Washington's tech community.
Partners from powerhouse private equity firms such as Carlyle and Benchmark Capital were also spotted, or so I'm told by people who were there. We didn't make it to the eventinvitation must've been lost in the mailbut we heard it raised about $600,000 for Obama's campaign.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/03/obama_taps_into_tech_community.html
Paul Allen's Vulcan Capital leads investment into Scytl
7 Apr 2014
https://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/paul-allenand39s-vulcan-capital-leads-investment-into-scytl-2460377/
PORTLAND, Ore. - Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft and owned the Portland Trail Blazers and Seattle Seahawks, has died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, his family announced Monday.
Allen was 65 years old.
October 16, 2018
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/the-ultimate-trail-blazer-remembering-paul-allen/283-604586212
#11610367 at 2020-11-12 17:22:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14823: DJT retweets CM ? Edition
The Multinational Force and Observers is an international peacekeeping force overseeing the terms of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. The MFO generally operates in and around the Sinai peninsula. Wikipedia
Founded: 1981
Role: Combined operations
Current commander: Major General Evan Williams (NZ)
Active: August 3, 1981-present
https://mfo.org/
MISSION
The mission of the MFO is to supervise the implementation of the security provisions of the Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace and employ best efforts to prevent any violation of its terms.
Article II of Annex I to the Treaty of Peace establishes four security zones, three in the Sinai in Egypt and one in Israel along the international border. Limitations on military forces and equipment within each zone are stipulated in Annex I to the Treaty.
#9928462 at 2020-07-11 17:12:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12705: The Crazy Bakes Never Stop Edition
>>9928429
Spark Capital
Spark Capital is a venture capital in the United States, responsible for early stage funding of numerous successful startups including [1] Twitter, Tumblr, Oculus, Warby Parker, Cruise, Slack, and others.[2] It has branches in Boston, San Francisco, and New York City.[3]
Spark Capital was launched in 2005 by Paul Conway, Santo Politi, and Todd Dagres.[3][4][5] They have raised six early stage funds, and three growth funds.
Spark Capital was founded in 2005 by Bijan Sabet, Paul Conway, Santo Politi, and Todd Dagres. Other people who have joined the company since its inception include Kevin Thau, Jeremy Philips, Alex Finkelstein, Yasmin Razavi and Nabeel Hyatt.[5]
According to a Forbes article, Spark Capital's success can be attributed to maintaining focus specifically on technology startups in the media, entertainment, and mobile sectors. Further, information-sharing within the company was organized so that all partners can work with a portfolio company, not just the partner assigned to that company.[4]
Spark Capital has been known for co-investing with Union Square Ventures. In fact, many of Spark Capital's top picks, including Twitter, Tumblr, and Foursquare, were made via partner Bijan Sabet and were joint investments with Union Square Ventures, made by partner Fred Wilson.[10][11][12][13] Other firms with which Spark frequently co-invests include SV Angel, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, and First Round Capital.[10]
Sabet says that Spark Capital's portfolio companies do not use non-compete agreements, which he says have been a key factor in limiting startup growth in New York and Boston.[14]
Twitter
Bijan Sabet, partner at Spark Capital, invested in Twitter's second (Series B) round in June 2008, along with Jeff Bezos and additional investments from past investors such as Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures, and Sabet also accepted a board seat at Twitter.[15] According to Hatching Twitter, Sabet and Wilson played a crucial role in facilitating smooth leadership changes at Twitter in October 2008 and later October 2010-ousting Jack Dorsey to install Evan Williams in 2008, and ousting Williams to install Dick Costolo in 2010.[16]
In November 2013, shortly after Twitter's IPO, Sabet wrote a blog post expressing his gratitude to Twitter, both as an investor and as a user of the service.[17] A Forbes article about Spark Capital quoted Sabet as attributing Spark Capital's success to the partners themselves' use of the products of the companies they invested in (such as Twitter) enabling them to better understand the companies from the perspective of consumers.[4]
Tumblr
Spark Capital was one of the early investors in Tumblr, where they co-invested with Union Square Ventures, paying the same amount for the same share, with Bijan Sabet as the assigned partner from Spark Capital.[18][19] Following the sale of Tumblr to Yahoo! for US$1.1 billion, Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures each took home $192 million from the deal.[18][20][21]
Foursquare
Spark Capital has invested in multiple rounds of location-based social networking company Foursquare, starting in June 2011.[22][23]
Oculus
Spark capital invested in Oculus VR in both Series A and Series B funding rounds, which was subsequently sold to Facebook for an estimated $2 billion.[24][25] The company's General Partner Santo Politi joined the board of directors.
Cruise
Spark capital invested in Cruise in the Series A funding rounds, the company's General Partner Nabeel Hyatt joining the board of directors.[26]
Pendo
In December 2016, Spark Capital led a series B funding round for Pendo, a platform driven by data[clarification needed] that helps companies deliver experiences with respect to software.[clarification needed] This was in collaboration with Salesforce Ventures, Core Capital Partners, Battery Ventures, IDEA Fund Partners, and Contour Venture Partners. The company's General Partner Megan Quinn joined the board of directors.[27]
Niantic
Spark Capital led a Series B funding round for Niantic, a software development company which developed augmented reality mobile games Pokémon Go and Ingress in November 2017. As part of the $200 million funding deal, Spark's partner Megan Quinn joined Niantic's board.[28]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spark_Capital
#8636798 at 2020-03-31 17:45:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11058: Spread The Cure Far and Wide Edition
>>8636758
I wouldn't mind going and grabbing a cheap bottle of Evan Williams if I actually get shut in.
#8414931 at 2020-03-14 17:56:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10773: Indicted? Edition
Ex-Pro Fisherman Slaps Bernie with Lawsuit for Linking Him to 'Criminal Activities'
Wait - isn't a socialist using something without permission pretty much them living out the height of their ideals?
Ho, ho, ho. That's what I thought, anyway.
That's not how former pro fisherman Jason Quinn sees it.
According to The Herald in Rock Hill, South Carolina, an image of local resident Quinn was used in a Bernie Sanders video that made it appear as if he were involved in "criminal activities."
That video? It's called "5 Reasons the Border Wall Won't Stop Drugs," according to The Herald.
Yeah, I can see how that title could rankle some people.
Now, Quinn is suing Sanders and his 2020 presidential campaign, the outlet said.
It wasn't immediately clear why the campaign was a defendant as well, seeing as how the video, which dates back to 2018, was created before Sanders announced his 2020 presidential run.
"Quinn was a professional bass fisherman for more than 20 years who used an Evan Williams Bourbon boat as part of a sponsorship deal, the lawsuit states," according to The Herald.
In the lawsuit, Quinn says he "[h]as been harmed by the video's portrayal of Quinn in reference to the trafficking of illegal drugs."
"The lawsuit asks for a temporary restraining order, then a permanent order, prohibiting Sanders and the campaign from using Quinn's identity. The suit also asks for actual and punitive damages," The Herald reported.
The lawsuit was filed whilst Sanders was the leader in pledged delegates in advance of the South Carolina primary, so its sell-by date definitely has it smelling a bit, erm, ripe.
Nevertheless, if you're going to be accused of drug-running by the Sanders campaign without your consent, you may as well go out guns blazing. Not that you'd ever use any of those things, mind you!
"Defendants did not obtain consent or seek to receive Quinn's permission to use his likeness or identity," Quinn's lawsuit states.
"Plaintiff brings this action in order to vindicate an egregious, intentional false association created by the video whereby defendants suggested plaintiff is in any way associated in criminal activities, and specifically, that he is in any way associated with the trafficking of illegal drugs."
"Defendants did not obtain consent or seek to receive Quinn's permission to use his likeness or identity," it adds. "Plaintiff brings this action in order to vindicate an egregious, intentional false association created by the video whereby defendants suggested plaintiff is in any way associated in criminal activities, and specifically, that he is in any way associated with the trafficking of illegal drugs."
http://www.womensystems.com/2020/03/ex-pro-fisherman-slaps-bernie-with.html
#7711495 at 2020-01-04 12:46:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9868: Late Night "Paradigm" Shift! We In Here!!! Edition
>>7711491
great work frens..ty bake! Way more here...
Evan Williams also of note and called out...
How have we missed this? Stopped at @jack I guess...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Williams_(Internet_entrepreneur)
#7596867 at 2019-12-23 05:29:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9718: The Qure! Merry Gitmas! Edition
Nite guys and …
If my id does not reply, it is because Evan Williams did his job.
See you on the morrow anon.
#7445036 at 2019-12-07 06:29:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9521: Riders On The DDoS Storm. ALL FOR A LARP Edition
>>7445028
I have friends that cannot hear shit and it is from unprotected gunfire.
Sorry, Evan Williams distracted me.
#5459596 at 2019-03-02 05:25:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6979: Winter Storm On Track Edition
>>5459405
Here is Evi Williams who resigned last week
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams resigns from board
https://www.livemint.com/companies/people/twitter-co-founder-Evan-Williams-resigns-from-board-1551083214003.html
Walmart is the biggest one I have seen for a long time.
Those dorsey sales along with Reed Hastings are all unregistered shares which means they are just dumping personal amounts that are outside the normal trading plans they all have tied to compensation packages. Another thing that need to change in our system.
#5360363 at 2019-02-24 15:42:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6851: POTUS Rolls Deep Edition
Twitter Co-Founder Evan Williams Steps Down From Company's Board
Janko Roettgers
February 22, 2019 3:01PM PST
https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/ev-Williams-twitter-board-stepping-down-1203146691/amp/
The departure doesn't come as a complete surprise to anyone who has closely followed the company's financials. Williams has been divesting much of his Twitter ownership recently, selling off around 8 million shares over the last three months alone, according to SEC filings.
Williams owned 29 million Twitter shares in April of 2018. By February of 2019, that number was down to around 11 million. This means that he now owns just around 1.5% of the company, based on outstanding shares, as opposed to 3.86% he held back in April of 2018.
Williams' term on Twitter's board was set to expire in 2021.
#5353535 at 2019-02-24 02:17:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6842: Why Is The Rum Always Gone? Edition
Co-founder Williams signs off at Twitter
The former CEO steps down from the board to focus on 'other projects'
It could have been a tweet, but it was just a tad long. Evan Williams, the co-founder and one-time CEO at Twitter, has announced he is stepping down from the board to focus on "other projects."
Williams will depart the messaging service giant at the end of this month, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
"It's been an incredible 13 years, and I'm proud of what Twitter has accomplished during my time with the company," he said in the filing.
"I will continue rooting for the team as I focus my time on other projects."
https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/02/article/co-founder-Williams-signs-off-at-twitter/
#5334151 at 2019-02-22 23:36:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6817: JUDGEMENT DAY COMING Edition
>>5333757
NOTABLE
Twatter cofounder stepping down.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On February 22, 2019, Twitter, Inc. ("Twitter") announced that Evan Williams has decided to step down as a member of its board of directors (the "Board"), effective at the end of the month. Mr. Williams said in a statement, "It's been an incredible 13 years, and I'm proud of what Twitter has accomplished during my time with the company. I will continue rooting for the team as I focus my time on other projects."
Twitter and the Board are grateful to Mr. Williams for his service.
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418091/000119312519048369/d689678d8k.htm
#5314135 at 2019-02-22 00:47:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6791: God Told Nehemiah "Build a Wall" Edition
OBAMA WHITEHOUSE SEASON PASS HOLDER (PART 2)
https://pando.com/2014/03/23/revealed-visitor-logs-show-full-extent-of-pierre-and-pamela-omidyars-cozy-white-house-ties/
After all, according to records made available under Obama's 2009 transparency commitment, Omidyar has visited the Obama White House at least half a dozen times since 2009. During the same period, his wife, Pamela Omidyar, who heads Omidyar Network, has visited 1600 Pennsylvania Ave at least four times, while Omidyar Network's managing partner, Matthew Bannick, has visited a further three. In all, senior Omidyar Network officials made at least 13 visits to the White House between 2009-2013. (In fact the logs indicate that, on several occasions, Omidyar visited the White House more than once in the same day. To avoid unfairly inflating the numbers, I've removed same-day duplicates from all the totals cited in this article.)
To put the numbers in perspective, Omidyar's six visits compare to four visits during the same period by NBCUniversal chief Stephen Burke, two by Fox News boss Roger Ailes, two by MSNBC's Phil Griffin, one by New York Times owner Arthur O Sulzberger, and one each by Dow Jones' Robert Thompson, Gannett/USA Today's Gracia Martore and Omidyar's fellow tech billionaire turned media owner, Jeff Bezos.
In fact Pando could only find three media titans who had earned more White House visitor loyalty points than Omidyar: CNN's Jeffrey Zucker (7), former Post owner Donald Graham (9) and queen of all media, Arianna Huffington (11). According to records, neither The Daily Beast's Tina Brown or Barry Diller were invited at all - nor, by the way, was Rupert Murdoch.
Even compared to other major tech leaders, Omidyar is a special case. LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman visited the White House twice during the same period, as did Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. Omidyar also beat out Marissa Mayer (5), Eric Schmidt (5), John Doerr (4), Dick Costolo (3), Evan Williams (3), Jack Dorsey (2), Larry Ellison (1) and poor old Reed Hastings who wasn't invited at all, until this week. According to records, other people not important enough to make it through the door include Pando investors Marc Andreessen and Peter Thiel.
#4228190 at 2018-12-09 18:13:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5386: Napping DadAnon Edition
>>4227412 China summons US ambassador to logde 'strong protest' over Huawei arrest
>>4227544 EU army rolls into France to squash protests
>>4227603 Trump: Comey Told 245 Lies During Friday's Congressional Testimony
>>4227664 MI6's Spymaster Revealed How The UK Is Conducting "Fourth Generation Espionage"
>>4227688 'Leave our nation be': French FM fires back at Trump's tweet on Yellow Vest rallies
>>4227713 Organ harvesting in Mexico
>>4227721 CF link to child abuse
>>4227737 260+ injured & over 1.7k detained across France in latest Yellow Vest chaos
>>4227810 Farage Prepares New Party for 'Biggest Battle Yet'
>>4227832 Merkel party member calls her signing the UN Migration Pact "An act of treason"
>>4227964 Michael Cohen was paid more than FOUR MILLION dollars for promising several companies, including AT&T, access to President Trump
>>4228055 Twitter Cofounder Evan Williams Unloaded Nearly Half Of His Twitter Stake Since April
All plan related WW. 'NEWS UNLOCKS MAP' who said that????
Mossad when your done hiding truth you can eat a bag of dicks then choke on them and die!
#4228055 at 2018-12-09 18:00:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5385: The Novelty Of New News Edition
Billionaire Twitter Cofounder Evan Williams Unloaded Nearly Half Of His Twitter Stake Since April
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenchaykowski/2018/12/09/billionaire-twitter-cofounder-Evan-Williams-unloaded-nearly-half-of-his-twitter-stake-since-april/#20fdec3a715a
#3974129 at 2018-11-20 19:50:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5055: Lucky Turkey Edition
Twitter co-founder 'sorry' if social media site helped elect Donald Trump, decries online free speech
In an interview with the New York Times, Twitter co-founder Evan Williams apologized if the site he helped create played a role in electing Donald Trump to the White House, the Chicago Tribune reported Saturday.
"It's a very bad thing, Twitter's role in that," he said. "If it's true that he wouldn't be president if it weren't for Twitter, then yeah, I'm sorry."
"The president has credited Twitter with his election to the highest office in the land," the Associated Press said.
The AP added:
The 45-year-old Silicon Valley entrepreneur also said the internet is obviously broken because it rewards extremes.
Williams also says he was wrong thinking that the world would be a better place if there was a platform for everyone to freely speak and exchange ideas.
Translation: Free political speech is doubleplus ungood and must be curtailed, the First Amendment be damned.
Mashable further said:
Trump's use of Twitter has long been the source of criticism, especially now as he holds the highest office in the country. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that Trump's aides recently held a social media intervention with the president due to concerns his tweets could have political and legal ramifications.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment on Williams' remarks, according to the Times.
But, Newsmax said, Trump's tweets have "often become major news stories of their own, and allow him to present his opinions without having to rely on the media, with whom he has a contentious relationship."
That's putting it mildly. The so-called "mainstream media," known here as the Democrat-media complex, has embarked on a jihad of sorts in an effort to foment hate and drive the president from the White House, in many cases pushing fake or distorted "news" based on anonymous sources and innuendo.
According to the Washington Examiner, a Harvard study revealed that 93 percent of the coverage provided by CNN and NBC has been negative toward the president.
https://conservativefiringline.com/twitter-co-founder-sorry-social-media-site-helped-elect-donald-trump-decries-online-free-speech/
#3917040 at 2018-11-15 20:56:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4982: Hard Hitting Lawyer Edition
EVERFI Recognized As One of North America's Fastest Growing Companies in Deloitte's 2018 Technology Fast 500
EVERFI Inc. is the leading education technology company that provides real world education to learners of all ages through innovative and scalable digital learning. Founded in 2008, EVERFI is fueled by its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) subscription model and has reached over 25 million learners in critical skill areas. Some of America's leading CEOs and venture capital firms are EVERFI investors including Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, Twitter founder Evan Williams, TPG Growth, The Rise Fund, Advance Publications, Rethink Education, and Rethink Impact. The EVERFI Education Network powers more than 3,500 partners in their education initiatives across all 50 states and Canada
https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/everfi-recognized-as-one-of-north-americas-fastest-growing-companies-in-deloittes-2018-technology-fast-500tm-2018-11-15
#3147013 at 2018-09-23 04:02:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3982: We Will Remain Here. Edition
>>3146987
Oh hell, I have 10 PBRs left. Tell me they don't like Evan Williams.
#2300217 at 2018-07-26 20:28:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2898 Anon's Cracking ThePasswords
>>2300028
Twitter former CEO and current director - Evan Williams has divested MILLIONS from twitter.
https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=TWTR&b=2
Mark Zuckerberg has sold 6 BILLION in Facebook stock. They KNEW! They knew but they have still been fighting it. He's sold 32 Million shares worth over 6 Billion just since August 2016. 23 Million of it sold in 2018.
https://finviz.com/insidertrading.ashx?oc=1548760&tc=7
#1599041 at 2018-05-31 18:50:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2011: Populism In Italia Edition
https://www.obama.org/contributors/
$1,000,000+
Aphorism Foundation
Lynne & Marc R. Benioff
Blum-Kovler Foundation/Peter & Judy Kovler
The Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation
Sonya & Tom Campion
Stephen Cloobeck
The Crown Family *
Ann & John Doerr
Ray & Dagmar Dolby Family Fund
Marilyn & Jim Simons
Exelon Corporation
Fred Eychaner
The Ford Foundation *
New York Community Trust
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Scott Miller & Tim Gill
The Goldberg Family Foundation
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund
Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Gift Fund
The Hauptman Family Foundation
Mel Heifetz *
Michelle Yee & Reid Hoffman
Hutchins Family Foundation
Iger Bay Foundation *
The Joyce Foundation
Masimo Foundation for Ethics, Innovation & Competition in Healthcare *
Jeannie & Jonathan Lavine
Ambassador Fay Hartog-Levin & Daniel Levin *
George Lucas Family Foundation
Joe & Rika Mansueto
Katie McGrath & J.J. Abrams Family Foundation
Microsoft Corporation
Todd Y. Park
Linda & Richard Price Family Fund
Rhimes Family Foundation
Victoria & John Rogers
Rosenthal Family Foundation
Amy & Kirk Rudy
Cari & Michael J. Sacks
Steans Family Foundation
Beth & David Shaw
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Ian Simmons through ImpactAssets Donor Advised Fund
Pritzker Traubert Foundation
Evan Williams & Sara Morishige
Robert & Carol Wolf Family Foundation *
Mary & Jeffrey Zients
$750,001 to $999,999
$500,001 to $750,000
Robert and Jane Clark
Wayne Jordan & Quinn Delaney
Prudential Foundation *
$250,001 to $500,000
Jewish Communal Fund
Tim Collins
Illinois Tool Works *
Jill & Avram Glazer
The John & Marcia Goldman Foundation
Nicholas Logothetis
Alison & Mark Pincus
Mrs. Marjorie Susman & Ambassador Louis B. Susman
The Brin Wojcicki Foundation
$100,001 to $250,000
The Alter Group *
Michael and Ellen Alter
The Tony James Charitable Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
Carol & David Pensky
The University of Chicago
#1428888 at 2018-05-16 07:08:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1792 Start a Storm Edition
>>1428836
Fenton's one of the guys behind Model View Culture.
Other big shareholders include Jack Dorsey and Evan Williams
Omid Kordestani http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/03/08/omid-kordestani-twitters-other-big-problem/
David Rosenblatt of IAC, along with Diller, Bronfman, Clinton, etc https://archive.is/PhLpp
Marjorie Scardino >>>/gamergatehq/331045
Maybe try your luck with Peter Currie or Peter Chernin.
#1428836 at 2018-05-16 07:01:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1792 Start a Storm Edition
How about targeting the major individual and institutional shareholders of Twatter, FB, Google?
For example,
Evan Williams and Peter Fenton
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/insights/060916/top-3-twitter-shareholders-twtr.asp
Steve Ballmer (owner of the Clippers)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/steve-ballmer-is-now-one-of-twitters-biggest-shareholders-1445019499
#577276 at 2018-03-07 13:47:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #711: Open 24 Hours Edition
>>577266
Obama Foundation donors.
$1,000,000+
Aphorism Foundation *
Lynne and Marc R. Benioff *
Blum-Kovler Foundation/Peter and Judy Kovler *
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation *
Sonya and Tom Campion
Stephen Cloobeck
The Crown Family *
Ann & John Doerr
Ray and Dagmar Dolby Family Fund *
Exelon Corporation *
Fred Eychaner
The Ford Foundation *
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation *
The Goldberg Family Foundation *
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund *
Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Gift Fund *
Jeannie & Jonathan Lavine
Ambassador Fay Hartog-Levin & Daniel Levin *
The Hauptman Family Foundation
Mel Heifetz *
Reid Hoffman *
Hutchins Family Foundation *
The Joyce Foundation
The George Lucas Family Foundation *
Joe and Rika Mansueto *
Masimo Foundation for Ethics, Innovation and Competition in Healthcare *
Katie McGrath & J.J. Abrams Family Foundation *
Microsoft Corporation *
New York Community Trust *
Scott Miller & Tim Gill
Todd Y. Park
Linda and Richard Price Family Fund *
Pritzker Traubert Foundation *
Rhimes Family Foundation *
Victoria & John Rogers *
Rosenthal Family Foundation *
Amy & Kirk Rudy *
Cari & Michael J. Sacks
Beth & David Shaw
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Ian Simmons through ImpactAssets Donor Advised Fund
Marilyn and Jim Simons
Evan Williams & Sara Morishige
Robert and Carol Wolf Family Foundation *
Leo Smith & Heather Steans *
Mary and Jeffrey Zients *
$750,001 to $999,999
$500,001 to $750,000
Wayne Jordan and Quinn Delaney *
Prudential Foundation
$250,001 to $500,000
Robert G. Clark *
Tim Collins
Jewish Communal Fund
Jill & Avram Glazer *
The John & Marcia Goldman Foundation
Nicholas Logothetis
Alison and Mark Pincus
Mrs. Marjorie Susman & Ambassador Louis B. Susman *
The Brin Wojcicki Foundation *
#572285 at 2018-03-07 00:08:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #705: General Flynn Edition
>>572040
Obama Foundation Donors.
$1,000,000+
Aphorism Foundation *
Lynne and Marc R. Benioff *
Blum-Kovler Foundation/Peter and Judy Kovler *
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation *
Sonya and Tom Campion
Stephen Cloobeck
The Crown Family *
Ann & John Doerr
Ray and Dagmar Dolby Family Fund *
Exelon Corporation *
Fred Eychaner
The Ford Foundation *
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation *
The Goldberg Family Foundation *
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund *
Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Gift Fund *
Jeannie & Jonathan Lavine
Ambassador Fay Hartog-Levin & Daniel Levin *
The Hauptman Family Foundation
Mel Heifetz *
Reid Hoffman *
Hutchins Family Foundation *
The Joyce Foundation
The George Lucas Family Foundation *
Joe and Rika Mansueto *
Masimo Foundation for Ethics, Innovation and Competition in Healthcare *
Katie McGrath & J.J. Abrams Family Foundation *
Microsoft Corporation *
New York Community Trust *
Scott Miller & Tim Gill
Todd Y. Park
Linda and Richard Price Family Fund *
Pritzker Traubert Foundation *
Rhimes Family Foundation *
Victoria & John Rogers *
Rosenthal Family Foundation *
Amy & Kirk Rudy *
Cari & Michael J. Sacks
Beth & David Shaw
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Ian Simmons through ImpactAssets Donor Advised Fund
Marilyn and Jim Simons
Evan Williams & Sara Morishige
Robert and Carol Wolf Family Foundation *
Leo Smith & Heather Steans *
Mary and Jeffrey Zients *
$750,001 to $999,999
$500,001 to $750,000
Wayne Jordan and Quinn Delaney *
Prudential Foundation
$250,001 to $500,000
Robert G. Clark *
Tim Collins
Jewish Communal Fund
Jill & Avram Glazer *
The John & Marcia Goldman Foundation
Nicholas Logothetis
Alison and Mark Pincus
Mrs. Marjorie Susman & Ambassador Louis B. Susman *
The Brin Wojcicki Foundation *
$100,001 to $250,000
The Goolsbee Family *
The Tony James Charitable Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
$10,000 to $100,000
Marcie and Nick Alexos
The Apatow-Mann Family Foundation, Inc. *
Priya V. Balakrishnan *
Dr. Anita Blanchard and Martin Nesbitt
John Boiler
Andrew & Ellen Bradley *
Douglas & Teresa Brown
Jedd Canty
Susan Sher & Neil Cohen Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation *
Jesse Crowe
Judith Estrin
Franklin and Marshall College *
Eiichi Fukushima
Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag
Seth Rosen *
Hamlin Kurihara Fund
Estate of Nancy Hom
Jack & Jill of America Foundation, Inc.
The MJK Family Foundation
Jane A. Lehman and Alan G. Lehman Foundation *
Revada Foundation *
Chuck Lorre Family Foundation *
Joseph Macari
Jane and Richard Mescon
Diane Meyer Simon *
Minow Family Foundation *
Penny Norman Trust
Gilbert Omenn and Martha Darling
Peter Orzsag
Carol and David Pensky *
Jeanne and John Kevin Poorman through JKP Family Foundation *
Robert Rivkin and Cindy Moelis
The Lostand Foundation *
Georgina T. Russo
Margaret Schink
Segal Family Foundation *
The Fine and Greenwald Foundation *
Lawrence Z. & Jaqueline A. Stern Foundation
Anne and Bruce Strohm Family Charitable Fund *
Andrew Tobias *
Craig Troyer
Aaron and Ana Zamost *
#181073 at 2018-01-27 19:23:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #220: Hows Russia? [Mr. Contractor] Edition
Evan Williams Twitter co-founder sold big chunk of his stock last year. Looks clownish to me that guy.
#180326 at 2018-01-27 18:33:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #219: Chatter exploding Edition
Review of MSM ownership
ABC Wholly Owned by Disney
Disney Largest Stock holders
Individual-
Rupert Murdoch 4.5%
Steve Jobs(Family Trust) 4%
Institutional
Vanguard
CNN = Timer Warner (Pending Merger with AT&T)
NBC Owned by General Electric
Fox News
Rupert Murdoch Held a Controlling Stake in the Voting shares and a much smaller over all. Murdoch Lost Controlling stake when Alwaleed Sold his interest, but still holds a the largest interest.
No one person or individual holds a controlling stake, but collectively institutional ownership has the largest interest/controlling interest all of these companies. We might say the banks collectively hold the proxies for all of these companies. They are unified through their membership in the Federal Reserve.
One might argue that the federal reserve, as an organization own's/controls the mainstream media. Fox(Common Stock doesn't Vote) through Murdoch would be the only exception, but even that is dicey.
With Facebook, Zuckerberg holds a controlling interest in voting stock
Twitter a kind of mysterious individual Suhail Rizvi owns >10%. Dorsey, Evan Williams all appear to be selling off their stakes.
#180009 at 2018-01-27 18:12:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #218: Time to play, Dopey Edition
>>179350
Evan Clark Williams
After Donald Trump credited his election to the use of Twitter, Evan Williams stated that if true, he was sorry and he was concerned that the Internet platform rewarded extremes. Williams told the Associated Press that he no longer believes in Internet free speech, although he did not indicate the exact censorship formats he would propose.
chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/ct-twitter-leader-trump-election-20170520-story.html
nytimes.com/2017/05/20/technology/Evan-Williams-medium-twitter-internet.html?emc=edit_th_20170521&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=68634180/%E2%80%98The
#179948 at 2018-01-27 18:07:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #218: Time to play, Dopey Edition
Twitter
Freefloat >87,72%
The Vanguard Group, Inc. >6,67%
ClearBridge Investments LLC >4,90%
Alwaleed bin Talal Al-Saud >4,89%
Evan Williams >4,28%
Morgan Stanley Investment Managment, Inc. <3,28%
BlackRock Fund Advisors >3,27%
Jack Dorsey >2,21%
Slate Path Capital LP >2,09%
SSgA Funds Management, Inc. >1,58%
#177687 at 2018-01-27 13:32:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #215: LETTING THAT SINK IN Edition
Q said @Jack not twitter related. Here's what I dug up.
Jack Dorsey - Twitter, Walt Disney, Square, Odea
T: AlWaleed, Evan Williams, Noah Glass
S: Larry Summers, Rizvi Traverse Mgmt, Ruth Simmons, David Viniar (Goldman Sachs), Starbucks (Orin C Smith)
O: Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Orin C Smith
W: John Chen, Maria Lagomasino, Aylwin Lewis (World Biz Chgo), Orin C Smith, Sheryl K. Sandberg
Council on Foreign Relations members
Larry Summers
Ruth Simmons
Goldman Sachs
John Chen (Natl Committee US-China Relations)
Maria Lagomasino
Sheryl K. Sandberg
Treas Sec oversees IRS
- reconciliation of CF donations/donors (Australia $ don't match)
- Jack outside twitter - gives 20% Square to charity www.philanthropy.com/article/Jack-Dorsey-Pledges-Fifth-of/233787. Start Small Foundation Chicago, IL dead end search
#5273 at 2018-01-09 18:19:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6: Thin Crust Edition
>>5267
Loop invested in BEYOND MEAT. More interesting is how they - as they claim - produce meat of of peas that tastes like real meat? How will this work? Maybe flavours? What flavours? Where were they made from?
Also supported (owned) by
Bill Gates
Richard Branson
and a few more
Just a theory, PP delivers fetuses to SYMRISE (or others) and they produce flavors of possibly flesh for the BEYOND MEAT Sausage?
ABOUT BEYOND MEAT
Based in El Segundo, California, Beyond Meat is a privately held company that is on the cutting edge of plant protein research and development. With a goal of driving innovation and progress, the company provides plant-based protein foods - without sacrificing the taste, chew or satisfaction of meat. Investors include Bill Gates, Twitter co-founders Biz Stone, and Evan Williams; Kleiner-Perkins Caufield & Byers, Morgan Creek Capital, and Closed Loop Capital; Seth Goldman, founder of Honest Tea; and the Humane Society of the United States. Visit www. BeyondMeat.com, Twitter @ BeyondMeat or Facebook.com/ BeyondMeat.
http:// fortune.com/2017/08/23/bill-gates-richard-branson-invest-meat/
8kun Midnight Riders Posts (2)
#124133 at 2022-04-07 14:37:21 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #662: Tide turning watch for under-toe Edition
Top 5 Twitter Shareholders
Institutional investors dominated the list of Twitter's top shareholders until April 2022, when Tesla (TSLA) Chief Executive Elon Musk disclosed his new 9.2% stake in the social media company.1 Musk's purchase bumped to second place on the list mutual fund giant The Vanguard Group, whose funds held 8.8% of Twitter's common stock as of year-end 2021.
Twitter, which operates the global messaging platform, was founded in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Noah Glass. Twitter developer Glass had previously created a venture called Odeo, a failed pioneer in podcasting. He teamed up with the other three to build Twitter from the ashes of that venture.
… 1. Elon Musk
Musk, a frequent Twitter user, disclosed on April 4, 2022, that he held 73.5 million Twitter shares, representing a 9.2% stake in the company.1 The disclosure filing indicated it was triggered by an event on March 14, 2022. Investors are required to file an ownership disclosure within 10 days of acquiring a stake of 5% or more in a publicly-traded company.9
On April 5, Twitter named Musk to its board, and Musk agreed not to acquire more than 14.9% …
… . The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Vanguard Group holds the second-largest stake in Twitter. One of the biggest investment managers globally, Vanguard offers hundreds of mutual funds, ETFs, and retirement products. The company had about $8.1 trillion in assets under management as of Jan. 31, 2022.12
Vanguard funds owned about 70.4 million Twitter shares representing 8.8% …
… 3. Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley (MS), an investment bank and asset manager, holds the third-largest stake in Twitter with about 67 million shares, 8.4% …
… 4. BlackRock Inc.
Global investment manager BlackRock Inc. (BLK) owned 52.1 million shares of Twitter in its many exchange-traded funds and other investment vehicles as of year-end 2021, representing a 6.5% stake.17 …
… 5. State Street Corp.
Institutional investment services provider State Street Corp. (STT), which operates the SPDR exchange-traded funds as State Street Global Advisors, held 36.4 million Twitter shares in its funds as of year-end 2021, representing a 4.5% stake …
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/insights/060916/top-3-twitter-shareholders-twtr.asp
Invesco Q Q Q ? Stands out on page.
#72530 at 2021-03-22 20:47:37 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #324: Big Week Ahead, This Was Needed, Be Ready Edition
>>72524
from 2013
Little-known Hollywood investor poised to score with Twitter IPO
When Twitter goes public in coming weeks, one of the biggest winners will be a 47-year-old financier who guards his secrecy so zealously that he employs a person to take down his Wikipedia entry and scrub his picture from the Internet.
Over the past two years, Suhail Rizvi, founder of New York private equity firm Rizvi Traverse Management, has quietly amassed a stake of more than 15 percent in the microblogging phenomenon for himself and his investors at a cost of more than $1 billion, according to three people with knowledge of his investments. While Rizvi was known to be an investor in Twitter, the extent of his involvement had not previously been reported. Twitter made its IPO registration documents public late Thursday, setting the stage for the most closely watched initial public offering since Facebook's in 2012. Rizvi Traverse is listed as one of the institutional shareholders with at least a 5 percent ownership stake, but no further details were disclosed.
The shares Rizvi purchased were distributed among investors via multiple vehicles, sources said, and the size of his personal stake is not known. People with direct knowledge of his investment activities say that Rizvi, backed by Chris Sacca, a former Google executive and Twitter investor, was instrumental in attracting large private investors to the microblogging site, serving as matchmaker between the company's founders and global financiers from Wall Street to Riyadh. Rizvi declined to comment for this article. Sacca, a longtime friend, gave him an entree into tech investing in 2011 - when Twitter was still struggling to make money. From there, Rizvi scored stakes in some of the most sought-after Internet startups, from Facebook Inc before it went public to Square and Flipboard.
Rizvi's string of tech deals came amid intense competition among hedge funds and private equity investors to secure shares in startups, highlighted by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner's 2009 investment in Facebook. With tech companies waiting later than ever to go public, some investors believed they may miss out on the biggest gains if they wait to buy shares in public markets, when a company's value may no longer rise exponentially. The son of an Iowa psychology professor, Rizvi has networked with rich and powerful people including Queen Noor of Jordan and Google Inc's Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, devising financing schemes that leveraged his access to deep-pocketed investors, according to people who know Rizvi.
Those who invest with Rizvi include British billionaire Richard Branson and Jeffrey Skoll, the former eBay executive and film producer, according to people with knowledge of the matter. It is not clear whether they are among the investors he brought into Twitter. Before turning his attention to the Internet, Rizvi's deal-making focused on Hollywood. He helped Hugh Hefner take Playboy Enterprises private; bought and then sold the Hollywood film studio behind the "Twilight" series; and led the buyout of a leading talent agency, International Creative Management (ICM). Rizvi is not alone among entertainment investors who have turned their focus to Silicon Valley. Former News Corp executive Peter Chernin's Chernin Group has invested in Tumblr, Pandora and Flipboard, while Michael Ovitz, the talent agent and former Disney CEO, has invested in Ron Conway's SV Angel funds, the tech incubator Y Combinator and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
In late 2010, Sacca approached Rizvi with an offer: Sacca's friend Evan Williams had stepped down as CEO of Twitter and was seeking to sell 10 percent of the company. Rizvi soon snapped up the shares for $340 million, according to people familiar with the matter.
Following that first transaction, the two men formed a highly efficient tag team, the sources said. Sacca would seek shareholders who wanted to cash out, while Rizvi helped raise money to purchase the stock. The friends successfully pitched JPMorgan Chase & Co on a deal to buy more than $400 million worth of Twitter shares in 2011. Months later, Rizvi recruited Kingdom Holding Co, Saudi Prince Alwaleed's investment company, to buy an additional $300 million in stock in a separate vehicle.
JPMorgan Chase and representatives for Alwaleed did not respond to requests for comment on the deal.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-ipo-rizvi-insight-idUSBRE9920VW20131003
8chan/8kun QResearch Topic NWO Posts (1)
#5454955 at 2019-03-02 00:01:00 (UTC+1)
NEW WORLD Order Research Thread #4
>>5454910
Now take a look at the Bourbon trail member site list"
As of 2018, the destinations on the main Bourbon Trail are:[16]
Angel's Envy Distillery in Louisville
Bardstown Bourbon Company in Bardstown
Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Experience at Stitzel-Weller Distillery in Louisville
Evan Williams Bourbon Experience in Louisville[6]
Four Roses Distillery in Lawrenceburg
Heaven Hill Visitor Center in Bardstown
Jim Beam American Stillhouse in Clermont
Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse in Louisville
Lux Row Distillers in Bardstown
Maker's Mark Distillery in Loretto
Michter's Fort Nelson Distillery in Louisville
Old Forester Distilling Co. in Louisville
O.Z. Tyler Distillery in Owensboro
Town Branch Distillery in Lexington
Wild Turkey Distillery in Lawrenceburg
Woodford Reserve Distillery near Versailles
The members of the Bourbon Trail "Craft Tour" are:[10][17]
Barrel House Distilling Co. in Lexington
Bluegrass Distillers in Lexington
Boone County Distilling Co. in Boone County
Hartfield & Co. in Paris
Jeptha Creed Distillery in Shelbyville
Kentucky Artisan Distillery in Crestwood
Kentucky Peerless Distilling Company in Louisville
Limestone Branch Distillery in Lebanon
MB Roland Distillery, Pembroke (Christian County)
New Riff Distillery in Newport
Old Pogue Distillery in Maysville
Wilderness Trail Distillery in Danville
Willett Distillery in Bardstown
>>>> Interesting isn't it anons? So now we have a territorial empire for Payseur, a railroad empire for Payseur, and it seems we have an alcohol empire for Payseur.
8chan/8kun TheStorm Posts (1)
#26940 at 2018-01-08 18:35:20 (UTC+1)
The Storm General #34: DJT in ATL Edition
Digged Loop Capital, found this company which makes "meat" out of peas, they say. But when i read Bill Gates is on board when healthy food ist selled, i think there is maybe more to it
http:// beyondmeat.com/press/view/going-beyond-meat-with-pizza
ABOUT BEYOND MEAT
Based in El Segundo, California, Beyond Meat is a privately held company that is on the cutting edge of plant protein research and development. With a goal of driving innovation and progress, the company provides plant-based protein foods - without sacrificing the taste, chew or satisfaction of meat. Investors include Bill Gates, Twitter co-founders Biz Stone, and Evan Williams; Kleiner-Perkins Caufield & Byers, Morgan Creek Capital, and Closed Loop Capital; Seth Goldman, founder of Honest Tea; and the Humane Society of the United States. Visit www.BeyondMeat.com, Twitter @BeyondMeat or Facebook.com/BeyondMeat.
ABOUT BEYOND MEAT
Based in El Segundo, California, Beyond Meat is a privately held company that is on the cutting edge of plant protein research and development. With a goal of driving innovation and progress, the company provides plant-based protein foods - without sacrificing the taste, chew or satisfaction of meat. Investors include Bill Gates, Twitter co-founders Biz Stone, and Evan Williams; Kleiner-Perkins Caufield & Byers, Morgan Creek Capital, and Closed Loop Capital; Seth Goldman, founder of Honest Tea; and the Humane Society of the United States. Visit www.BeyondMeat.com, Twitter @BeyondMeat or Facebook.com/BeyondMeat.