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Peter Brack | |
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| Alma mater | Tulane University |
| Occupation | Venture capitalist |
| Employer | Hypothesis Ventures |
| Website | peterbrack |
Peter Brack is a venture capitalist and founding partner of Hypothesis Ventures. He was previously a venture partner at Mucker Capital. Prior to his work as a venture capitalist, Brack was a media entrepreneur, co-founding both Redgate Media Group and One Media Group, both of which went public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He also held executive positions with Time Warner.[1]
Biography[edit]
After high school, Brack interned for American Television and Communications before moving on to intern at one of its subsidiaries, Manhattan Cable Television. While attending Tulane University, he worked as an intern in the sales and marketing department of Turner Broadcasting System.[1]
After graduating from Tulane, Brack was offered a position in advertising sales with Turner.[1] He became the company's first employee when it expanded into Hong Kong. He later moved to Singapore to help launch the company's expansion in that country before moving on to a senior position into the newly merged Time Warner partnership.[1] He worked for the company's Time Inc. division, responsible for growing publications that included Asiaweek, Time Magazine, and Fortune, eventually becoming the company's senior VP in Asia.[2][3]
Brack continued to work for Time Warner after it became AOL Time Warner.[1] He left the company in 2003 to launch Redgate Media Group, a mergers and acquisition company.[4] He was involved in numerous acquisitions of publishing and media companies before taking the group public. He also co-founded One Media Group, a company formed out of the acquisition and merger of Media2U in Beijing and Ming Pao in Hong Kong.[5][6] He was also responsible for launching Rolling Stone magazine in China.[7]
Brack is also a venture capitalist and was a venture partner at Mucker Capital.[1] In 2018, he became founding partner at Hypothesis Ventures, a firm that invests in early stage companies throughout the United States.[8][9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Chen, Baizhu; Rostoker, Benjamin. "Redgate Media Group: M&A During Global Financial Crises". Harvard Business Publishing.
- ^ Watts, David (2 July 2007). "The men who made Hong Kong". The Times.
- ^ "CAREERS MEDIA: Time Inc promotes Butcher, Brack". Campaign Asia. 16 February 2001.
- ^ Madden, Normandy (7 April 2003). "Emerging Media Giant". Ad Age. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017.
- ^ "A glossy future for One Media Group". Financial Times. 21 September 2004.
- ^ Media and Development in Asia. University of Michigan. 2008. ISBN 9789814136075.
- ^ Fowler, Geoffrey (10 March 2006). "Rock 'n' Rolling Into China". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Marinova, Polina (5 September 2018). "Meet the New Venture Firm That Won't Invest in Silicon Valley". Fortune. Archived from the original on 9 September 2018.
- ^ "Businesses that form might not hire from neighborhood". The Roankoe Times. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
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