RIP Ted Forstmann

[TigerVols]

...private equity billionaire who was a world-class swordsman...his conquests included Princess Di. He also coined the phrase, "Barbarians at the Gate."

He was also the owner of IMG, home to Tiger Woods and Roger Federer.

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/theodore-forstmann-private-equity-pioneer-is-dead-at-71/?src=tp

 

[LongTimeListener]

Has to be Viagra-related.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

And Abe Vigoda outlives another one.

 

[Greenhorn]

I was thinking the name sounded familiar and thought he had something to do with leveraged buyouts. Didn't know he owned IMG.

 

[MileHigh]

...private equity billionaire who was a world-class swordsman...his conquests included Princess Di. He also coined the phrase, "Barbarians at the Gate."

He was also the owner of IMG, home to Tiger Woods and Roger Federer.

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/theodore-forstmann-private-equity-pioneer-is-dead-at-71/?src=tp

Tiger left IMG last year when his agent left, but he was there for a long time. Fed is still with IMG, I'm pretty sure.

 

[westcoastvol]

Seriously, who didn't Princess Di **** (Prince Charles notwithstanding)?

 

[playthrough]

I remember he played Pebble Beach with Vijay Singh for many years.

Pretty impressive list of philanthropy in that story.

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

Supposedly he paid for his law degree from Columbia with money he made gambling.