| John founded Waller Capital in
1982, and has built it into one of the most successful
and influential boutique Investment Banks on Wall Street.
John began his career as a finance executive at Time
Inc. Early on, he developed an excellent understanding
of the interrelationship between cable television and
other media and communications sectors. In 1978, he
was selected to help manage the early development of
Time's revolutionary, new programming channel, Home
Box Office. At HBO, John worked with entrepreneurial
cable operators, and quickly recognized the value he
could offer to these owners by providing them a connection
to Wall Street. He realized that the industry's upcoming
consolidation would require larger and more sophisticated
financial transactions, and founded Waller Capital to
provide a bridge between entrepreneurial cable owners
and New York's larger capital sources.
Almost immediately, John's new firm was successful in its mission. John
and his team initiated the creation of billions of dollars of value by
raising start-up capital for new cable operators, identifying acquisitions
and sources of new growth capital, and selling the assets to larger, strategic
operators when the owners were ready to exit. During the 1980's and early
1990's, John was personally responsible for closing more than 100 cable
M&A transactions.
Since the mid-1990's, John has led Waller Capital into new areas. In
1997, he was a founding partner in Waller Capital's first private equity
fund, Waller-Sutton Media Partners, and is a Partner on the Investment
Committee of the current fund, WallerSutton. In addition, he has successfully
recruited some of the most experienced Wall Street executives to help
grow Waller's practice into other areas of telecommunications. He is currently
the most experienced cable Investment Banker on Wall Street, and continues
to manage Waller's daily efforts. Since founding the firm, John has been
personally responsible for over $25billion in transactions.
John was awarded the NCTA’s Vanguard Award in 1997 and elected as a Cable TV Pioneer in 2004. He earned a BA and MBA from the University of Virginia. |
