Advisor to several private families.Investing in private and public emerging growth companies in the United States and overseas.

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Major shareholder, advisor and member of the Board of Directors

Crown was the first independent money management firm devoted to investing in a mix of both private and public emerging growth companies.Crown Advisors’ clients included corporate pension funds, university endowments, state pension funds, wealthy families, entrepreneurs and general partners of private equity firms. The clients were both domestic and international

David began his investment career at Citibank in 1968 after graduating from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business with an MBA. He established Citibank's Technology Investment Research Team in the early 1970s. He was promoted to the portfolio management department in 1975 where he created and managed the very successful Special Equity Fund pool of capital investing in emerging growth stocks. As a young Vice President at Citibank he pioneered in the U.S. the use of alternative investments for institutional clients by investing early in private equity and venture capital partnerships beginning in 1975.In 1981 he founded Crown Advisors. Crown was the first independent money management firm devoted to investing in a mix of both private and public emerging growth companies. Private companies financed included BISYS, Ciena, Cobalt Networks, Compaq Computer, Convex, Computer, Continental Medical, Convergent Technologies, Cypress Semiconductor, Crystal Semiconductor, Fiserv, Lincare, Lotus Development, Mentor Graphics, Teradata and U.S. Surgical Partners among others; Crown Advisors' clients included corporate pension funds, university endowments, state pension funds, wealthy families, entrepreneurs and general partners of private equity firms. The clients were both domestic and international.

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Co-taught an annual class on emerging growth company analysis.

Investment Management Career. Built team of technology analysts. Created and managed emerging growth special equtiy fund for institutional clients. Pioneered in 1975 the use of venture capital and private equity buyouts within portfolio accounts for institutional clients.