TABLE OF CONTENTS The Bonus Issue March/April 2007 The Buyout King 40 years ago, Carl Hess quietly, but revolutionarily, built the very notion of the buyout house. Now he still goes into AEA's office every day -- as the last living link to private equity's birth. Cross-Border Bonanza 2006 was the year big bonus checks took on an international flavor. Our exclusive survey provides some hard numbers. Green Giant Can a man from the world of capitalism now use capitalism to save the world?

The Parking Lot at the Super Bowl
You Are Here
By Mark Cohen | Page 23
At Super Bowl XLI, the toughest parking space was the tarmac. > read more
Keywords: Sports , Initial Offering

This Won't Hurt a Bit
My Deal From Hell
By Photography by Jimmy Nicol | Page 30
The second in our series of anonymous reminiscences > read more
Keywords: Initial Offering

Phoenix
36 Holes In...
By David Baum | Page 30
Need an excuse for routing through the desert? Here are two unbelievable ones > read more
Keywords: Phoenix , Arizona , Initial Offering

The Holey Man
Art of the Dealmaker
By Mark Cohen | Page 32
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Keywords: Fine Art , Initial Offering

I-Home Entertainment Robot
Elevator Pitch
By Dean Summers | Page 32
Recorded by Dean Summers, CEO of CE Interactive — a 22-month-old company with $1.75 million out of an anticipated $2.5 million in “A” financing *(~see note~)* — on the elevator of the New York Life Building in New York. Riding time: 62 seconds. > read more
Keywords: Tech , Elevator Pitch , Initial Offering

Kitchen Detail
Closing Dinner
By Jean Tang | Page 34
One of the country’s most celebrated chefs — and a seriously private room > read more
Keywords: Cuisine , Initial Offering

Banking’s Noble Side (and Not So Much)
Book Value
By Scott Lasser | Page 26
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Keywords: Books , Initial Offering

Wingman to Mr. Winging It
My Mentor
By Ben Mattlin | Page 26
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Keywords: Mentor , Initial Offering

Read Capital
My Charity
By Roxanne Downer | Page 28
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Keywords: Initial Offering , Charity

Stick with Honest Abe, but unload those ’97 Barolos
Buy, Hold, Sell
| Page 28
Connoisseurs Pelle Holmberg, Elizabeth Von Habsburg, Keith Martin, Peter Siegel give their take on the essentials and the not-so-essentials > read more
Keywords: Initial Offering

Singapore Bling
First Class
By Mike Guy | Page 52
The world’s most famously luxurious airline outdoes itself > read more
Keywords: First Class , Airports

Showtime in Chicago
Deal-a-Meal
By Jean Tang | Page 50
A full day’s worth of closing-friendly dining in the Windy City > read more
Keywords: Restaurants , Deal-A-Meal

Drive, It Said
Ground Transportation
By Mark Spoonauer | Page 48
The device that’s about to turn every rental into your very own smart car > read more
Keywords: Cars , Automobiles , Ground Transportation

Claim Your Luggage
Overhead
By Cynthia Rosenthal | Page 2
At last, the world’s finest suitcase washes up on our shores > read more
Keywords: Luggage , Suitcase

Finding Bliss in Bangalore
Room Key
By Cynthia Rosenthal | Page 40
The frenetic Silicon Valley of India just got a luxurious new place to chill > read more
Keywords: Resorts , Room Key

American Chopper
Terminal
By Mike Guy | Page 36
A return to the whirlybird days at JFK > read more
Keywords: Airports , Terminal

Meet the Handtop
Tool
By Mark Spoonauer | Page 52
A gadget so small and powerful, they had to invent a new term for it > read more
Keywords: Tech , Road Warrior

Mobile Big-Screen TV
Toy
By Mark Spoonauer | Page 44
The days of rushing back to your hotel room to catch the game are over > read more
Keywords: Tech , Road Warrior

Mao, Myself and I
My Three-Hour Vacation
By Joel Gardner | Page 48
The takeout version of the Chinese capital > read more
Keywords: China , Shanghai

Buy or Be Bought
Executive Order
By Pat Olsen | Page 84
Fraser Clarke is not only a prescient dealmaker who helped sell Hair Club — he’s also its president. And thanks to his war chest, he’s been on an acquisition tear > read more
Keywords: Players

The 19-Year Sale
Deal of a Lifetime
By Mark Filippell | Page 64
Nearly two decades after I first began to advise a Midwestern manufacturing company, it was finally time to flip the switch. Timing really is everything > read more
Keywords: Players

Cuba, Inc.
Cross-Border
By Vito Echevarria | Page 60
With Cuba poised for change, Sebastiaan Berger provides a window into the investment opportunities in the Marxist island nation > read more
Keywords: Cuba , Players

Inside the HCA LBO
M&A Q&A
By Rich Blake | Page 66
Merrill Lynch’s Alan Hartman and Jim Forbes, architects of what was (until recently, at least) history’s biggest LBO, discuss the epic deal and reveal what drives them. > read more
Keywords: M&A , Players

Finding the Right Fit
The Courtship
By Rich Blake | Page 55
Women’s-footwear stalwart Stuart Weitzman saw his business going to another level. So he tried on a pair from Bear Stearns Merchant Banking. That’s when the games began > read more
Keywords: Banking , Players

Helmsman for Hire
The Fixer
By Gary Stern | Page 78
When your company is reeling and the wolves are at the door, Texas turnaround artist Larry Young is the man to call > read more
Keywords: Turnaround , CFO , Players

Blackstone’s Battery Mates
Up-and-Comer
By Leah McGrath Goodman | Page 74
Midsize Battery Ventures — quietly performing groundbreaking work — has won the support of private equity’s biggest player > read more
Keywords: Private Equity , Buyout , Players

Founder’s Keeper
The Three Commandments
By Pat Olsen | Page 72
Citigroup Capital Strategies’ Brian Keane specializes in nurturing companies. Now the former rugby wing forward gives us a peek at his playbook > read more
Keywords: Players

Green Giant
Life After Dealmaking
By Jeremy Kahn | Page 108
The Wicks Group’s Carter Bales has bought and sold dozens of companies and reengineered hundreds more. But can a man from the world of capitalism now use capitalism to save the world? > read more
Keywords: Environment

Wicks Group's Top 10 Deals
By Jeremy Kahn | Page 114
Private-equity firm Wicks Group has engineered and successfully executed hundreds of deals. Here are 10 of the most notable. > read more
Keywords: Environment

Prime Holdings
By Ty Wenger | Page 116
It is your faithful steed. Your right-hand man. Your portable Fort Knox. Drop a dignified briefcase down on the table, and it declares you a man of manners and means. These elegant attachés — whether swinging by your side through your daily commute or securing the plans of your latest acquisition — will carry that weight in grand style. > read more
Keywords: Suitcase

The Original Buyout King
Hall of Fame
By Scott Eden | Page 90
He made his first deals during the Great Depression. His shareholders included Rockefellers, Mellons, Warburgs and Du Ponts. And 40 years ago, he quietly — but revolutionarily — built the very notion of the buyout house. At 94, Carl Hess still goes into AEA’s office every day — as the last living link to private equity’s birth > read more
Keywords: Dealmaker Feature

The Gang of Six
Inside the Deal Shop
By Danielle Fugazy | Page 100
Having raised nearly $9 billion, increasingly for buyouts, Boston-based Summit Partners has migrated from venture capital to private equity, using the same collegial philosophy for itself as for its companies — and generating some eye-popping returns > read more
Keywords: Dealmaker Feature

Cross-Border Bonanza
| Page 86
At the large banks and private-equity funds, 2006 was the year big bonus checks took on an international flavor. Our exclusive survey provides some hard numbers. SCROLL DOWN FOR THE DATA. > read more
Keywords: Private Equity

A Riviera Runs Through It
Retreats
By Randall Lane | Page 122
A prime piece of tropical paradise is yours for the purchasing at the new five-star resort-residences of Mayakobá > read more
Keywords: Resorts , Closing

Flying Home
Blue Sky
By Robert Goyer | Page 2
Want to seal your deal while you’re sitting on the tarmac? The new Boeing BBJ3 is spacious enough to be your palace — and your office — in the sky > read more
Keywords: Jet , Closing

Southern Comforts
Home Equity
By Lisa Selin Davis | Page 128
The South rises again in Atlanta’s exclusive Buckhead section, in the form of a spate of luxury properties > read more
Keywords: Real Estate , Closing

A Batch Made in Heaven
Liquidation
By Anthony Giglio | Page 138
When it comes to these single-barrel and small-batch bourbons, less is clearly more > read more
Keywords: Scotch , Liquor , Closing

Hot Issue
Road Show
By Glenn Derene
Can a luxury high-performance machine like the new Jaguar XKR be judged by the cold, hard metrics of the pitchbook? We took the big cat out to determine if it’s worth your venture capital > read more
Keywords: Automobiles , Cars , Closing

Hollywood Ending
Tombstone
By John Howard | Page 144
Seagram > read more
Keywords: Tombstone , Closing

Swinging London
Venture
By Evan Rothman | Page 128
Pulling Big Deals in the City no longer means leaving the Big Bertha at home. A guide to 48 hours of luxury and links in the land of Big Ben > read more
Keywords: Golf , Sports , Closing

Retro Chic
Watch List
By Norma Buchanan | Page 142
With their distinctive to-and-fro motion, these retrograde watches literally turn back the hands of time > read more
Keywords: Closing

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