David Williams Email & Phone Number

OVERVIEWFounder & CEO of Williams Capital Advisors, LLC (2002 to date), and BD sub WCA Securities, LLC, an International Growth Capital & M&A Investment Bank. Founded Asia-Pacific Internet Group and Co-founded VC/Sponsors Group at Merrill Lynch, after covering Telecom/ Media & Industrials at Salomon Brothers.Established Hong Kong office and helped raise >$650 million as 1st Asia Partner for DFJ global ePlanet Fund I. Sponsored/Co-sponsored investments including Series B Baidu round pre-IPO round for Techpacific.com, both of which subsequently went IPO. INVESTMENT BANKINGGenerated & executed transactions from $10 Million to $3 Billion+ for growth companies in North & South America, Greater China, India, Korea, etc. Capital Raises: Series A through pre-IPO rounds, IPOs & Follow-ons for companies such as 99Bill, Netease, China.com, Daum, Korea Telecom, 99Bill, NewT&T, iCable, Taiwan Cellular, Globe Telecom, Sify, Mahindra Satyam, Tata Communications, PayNet, Bowater, etc.Advisory Transactions: Baidu (US$3.4 Billion sale of Qunar stake to Ctrip), sales of stake in Precision Business Solutions to New Capital Partners, Sirrus to Nippon Shokubai, Registria to Housatonic Partners, Gaffey to Altaris Capital Partners, and transactions such as LOYAL3/Merrimack Securities, Sify/IndiaWorld, NewsCorp/Netease, MSX/MVOEM, Iridium SEA/Kyocera & DDI, BET Entertainment/CRI Records, Samsung/AST Computer, etc.BOARD/ ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTATION- National President, Executive Counsel - Phi Gamma Nu Professional Business Fraternity (present)- Roles have included advisory board for 99Bill.com, Noatta, NetEase (NASDAQ: NTES), and Hanger.IO as well as Board seats at companies incl. iTelco.ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE/ OTHERFounded 2 profitable companiesFluent (just enough to be dangerous) with TensorFlow, HTML, JavaScript...and...French.Sector Coverage: Tech, Media & Telecom (incl. Internet, Mobile, SaaS, etc.), Payments/FinTech, Medical Devices, Services & Software, Energy/CleanTech (Solar, Storage, Coal, etc.), Aerospace, Basic Industries (Metals, Paper/Packaging, Fabrication, etc.).

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