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Robertson Stephens (sometimes referred to as "Robbie Stephens") was a San Francisco-based boutique investment bank that focused primarily on technology companies. The firm was closed by its parent company, FleetBoston in July 2002 as a result of the collapse of the technology sector and the end of the dot-com bubble.〔(Robertson Stephens to close )〕〔(THE MARKETS: Market Place; At Robertson Stephens, a Sale and Empty Desks - New York Times )〕 Robertson Stephens was among the most active investment banks in the technology sector at the height of the internet boom, underwriting 74 IPOs with a total value of $5.5 billion between 1999 and 2000.〔 Robertson was the lead underwriter of some of the most prominent firms of the 1990s stock boom, including Switchboard, Mapquest, E-Trade and Vericity, as well as retailer Bebe. Robertson had approximately 950 employees at the time it was shuttered by FleetBoston. In February 2013, about 10 years after closing its doors, Robertson Stephens reopened as a wealth management advisory firm at the original firm's same location in San Francisco. The new Robbie Stephens was founded by Joseph Piazza, who founded and built the wealth management business unit at the old Robertson Stephens to $40 billion in AUM and 220 employees. Joe Piazza is Chairman and CEO of Robertson Stephens LLC, which has three operating subsidiaries; Robertson Stephens Advisors LLC, Robertson Stephens Partners LLC, and Robertson Stephens Securities LLC.〔Weinberger,Betsy. "The New Robertson Stephens Launches As A High Net Worth Wealth Management Firm." ''PR Newswire: A UBM pic Company.'' PR Newswire Association LLC., 12 Mar. 2013. Web. 11 Sept 2014.〕 ==History== The firm's earliest predecessor, Robertson, Colman & Siebel was founded in 1969 by Sandy Robertson, Robert Colman and Ken Siebel.〔Kenneth F. Siebel, a former professional basketball player, is a cousin of Thomas Siebel founder of Siebel Systems. He resigned his partnership in 1977 to devote himself fulltime to investment management and formed the investment advisory firm of Wood Island Associates where he served as chairman and chief executive officer. In 1998, U.S. Trust Company acquired Wood Island Associates.〕 In 1971, Thomas Weisel, who would later found Montgomery Securities and Thomas Weisel Partners, joined the firm, which was renamed Robertson, Colman, Siebel & Weisel. In 1978, Thom Weisel, the junior partner pulled off what was described later as a "mutiny" of the firm. Weisel became chief executive of the firm and prompted the departure of Robertson and Colman. Weisel changed the name of the original firm to Montgomery Securities. Robertson left the firm in October 1978 and founded Robertson, Colman, Stephens & Woodman along with partners Robert Colman and Dean Woodman〔Woodman worked in the investment banking division of Merrill Lynch for 23 years where he spent 16 years as director of West Coast corporate finance until 1978. Woodman left Robertson, Colman, Stephens and Woodman in 1982 to form Woodman Kirkpatrick & Gilbreath and would later work for Hambrecht & Quist and later Furman Selz〕 and many of the firm's leading bankers.〔(Net Value Holdings Inc. Names Paul H. Stephens to Board of Advisors )〕 The name of the firm was shorted to Robertson Stephens & Company in 1989. Robertson Stephens and Montgomery Securities would remain fierce rivals for two decades. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robertson Stephens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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