Matthew Doull - Managing Director, TMT Investment Banking for Wedbush

<p>Matthew Doull is based in New York City. He began his career as a financial journalist at The Daily Telegraph in London where he covered TMT. From 1998-2000, Matthew served as Chairman of <a href="http://trip.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer ugc nofollow">http://Trip.com</a> , a pioneering online travel business which he sold to Galileo. Subsequently he was a Senior Analyst at SAC Capital where he was responsible for global TMT investing for the $12B hedge fund, and was a Portfolio Manager at Pequot Capital Management.</p> <p>In 2009, Matthew and his partners created Prometheus Global Media to acquire The Hollywood Reporter, Adweek, Backstage, The Clio Awards and Billboard from Nielsen. He served as an owner/operator at Prometheus before selling the assets to Guggenheim Partners in 2013. Most recently prior to joining Wedbush he was co-Head of Technology Investment Banking at BDA Partners based in Hong Kong, and advised on cross-border M&amp;A and capital raising for corporate, private equity, family office and VC clients.</p> <p><br></p> <p>On this episode, Matthew speaks with Kristy Hurt about the internet&#39;s unassailable and continuing influence on the media industry, including his own professional career, which he began as a financial journalist in the early 1990s.</p>