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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

CB Insights

For the third consecutive year, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals from around the globe. Below are the detailed profiles of the Top 20 Venture Capital Partners. PROFILES OF THE TOP 20 VENTURE CAPITAL PARTNERS. Current Firm: First Round Capital (Founding Partner).

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Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: #3 ESB Financial Corporation

Jeff For Banks

The rest of this post goes to our number 3 bank: #3: ESB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: ESBF) of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania ESB started in 1915 as the Ellwood Federal Savings and Loan in Ellwood City. It converted to a public company through a Mutual Holding Company conversion in 1990 and performed the second step conversion in 2001.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

In the early 2000s, venerable retailers Sears and Kmart began losing ground to Walmart and Target, with Kmart even filing for Chapter 11 in 2002. Date: September 3, 2001. In 2007, Daimler sold off 80% of Chrysler to Cerberus Capital Management for $7B. Sears and Kmart. Date: March 24, 2005. Price: $11B. HP and Compaq.

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