Nicholas C. Forstmann
Nicholas Curt "Nick" Forstmann (January 15, 1947 – February 2, 2001) was one of the founding partners of Forstmann Little & Company, a private equity firm.
After attending
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., a company with which he would later develop a rivalry. He founded Forstmann Little with his older brother, Ted, and Brian Little, in 1978. Forstmann's second brother, J. Anthony Forstmann, founded ForstmannLeff.[1]
Forstmann served on the advisory boards of Georgetown University and
He also played a leading role in Forstmann Little's bid to acquire
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco, and was portrayed in the subsequent film by actor Joseph Kell.[2]
Forstmann helped form the Inner-City Scholarship Fund of the Archdiocese of New York.[1]
He died in 2001 of small-cell lung cancer, aged 54.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Sorkin, Andrew Ross (February 3, 2001). "Nicholas C. Forstmann, 54, Buyout Firm Partner, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ "Joseph Kell". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
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