Porter Bibb (born c. 1937, Louisville, Kentucky)[3] is an American financier, media producer, and writer. He is best known as the first publisher of Rolling Stone magazine.[1]
Bibb began his career as an investment banker specializing in media, entertainment, and technology ventures. He founded the first investment banking boutique in London[who?] in 1962.[citation needed] He worked on the team that began Bankers Trust's investment banking unit in 1977,[citation needed] which completed over 300 media and entertainment transactions in five years.[citation needed] For over 15 years, he was a senior partner and director of investment banking at Ladenburg Thalmann.[when?][citation needed]
porter, bibb, born, 1937, louisville, kentucky, american, financier, media, producer, writer, best, known, first, publisher, rolling, stone, magazine, born1936, 1937, louisville, kentuckynationalityamericanalma, materyale, universityoccupationinvestment, banke. Porter Bibb born c 1937 Louisville Kentucky 3 is an American financier media producer and writer He is best known as the first publisher of Rolling Stone magazine 1 Porter BibbBorn1936 or 1937 age 86 87 1 Louisville KentuckyNationalityAmericanAlma materYale UniversityOccupationInvestment bankerKnown forjournalist publisher film producer authorSpouseAlexandra Penn Bibb 2 Contents 1 Biography 2 Books authored 3 Filmography 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksBiography editBibb began his career as an investment banker specializing in media entertainment and technology ventures He founded the first investment banking boutique in London who in 1962 citation needed He worked on the team that began Bankers Trust s investment banking unit in 1977 citation needed which completed over 300 media and entertainment transactions in five years citation needed For over 15 years he was a senior partner and director of investment banking at Ladenburg Thalmann when citation needed Bibb attended Louisville Male High School and was a member of the Athenaeum Literary Association a school sponsored literary and social club There he got to know another club member Hunter S Thompson who would become an influential counterculture journalist 4 Bibb convinced Albert and David Maysles to film the 1969 Woodstock Festival despite the bad weather and the withdrawal of Warner Bros financial backing 1 5 Bibb also convinced The Rolling Stones to perform at the Altamont Free Concert in 1969 and he produced the 1970 documentary film of the event Gimme Shelter 1 6 As a journalist Bibb was a White House correspondent for Newsweek magazine when citation needed the first publisher of Rolling Stone magazine when citation needed and a corporate development director for The New York Times Company when He was the author of several books including a best selling biography of Ted Turner Random House 1993 and 1997 He graduated from Yale University with a B A in History and earned graduate certificates from the Harvard Business School and London School of Economics Bibb is a direct descendant of the first two governors of Alabama William Wyatt Bibb 1781 1820 and Thomas Bibb 1783 1839 1 Books authored editCB Bible Doubleday 1976 Disco Inferno An Illustrated Novel Dolphin 1979 It Ain t As Easy As It Looks Ted Turner s Amazing Story Crown 1993Filmography editGimme Shelter 1970 associate producer Year of the Woman 1973 producerReferences edit a b c d e Kissel Howard August 13 2000 The Vision of Porter Bibb New York Daily News Archived from the original on 2019 12 14 Retrieved September 7 2008 Biographies Archived 2019 03 22 at the Wayback Machine Mediatech Capital Partners Profile Porter Bibb Managing Director Corporate Finance MediaTech Capital Partners LLC Archived 2011 07 23 at the Wayback Machine Bloomberg L P Bloomberg Enterprise Technology Summit May 17th 2011 Hunter S Thompson Archived from the original on 2012 06 15 Retrieved 2012 06 17 Woodstock remembered Archived 2009 08 22 at the Wayback Machine Business News Network video Friday August 14 2009 Interview with Porter Bibb Gimme Shelter Archived 2013 04 19 at the Wayback Machine Maysles Films websiteFurther reading editEltman Frank Fans seek to rescue Hamptons NPR station Associated Press September 21 2009External links editPorter Bibb at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Porter Bibb amp oldid 1145728089, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
