Abe Garver
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| name | Abe Garver |
| image | Abe Garver photo.jpg |
| imagesize | 300px |
| caption | Abe Garver presenting at the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition on June 5, 2012 |
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| occupation | M&A Investment Banker, Television Commentator, and Speaker |
| alma_mater | University of Southern California, Manderson Graduate School |
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| name = Abe Garver | image = Abe Garver photo.jpg | imagesize = 300px | alt = | caption = Abe Garver presenting at the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition on June 5, 2012 | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = M&A Investment Banker, Television Commentator, and Speaker | education = | alma_mater = University of Southern California, Manderson Graduate School Abe Garver is an American M&A investment banker, magazine contributor, television commentator,
Education
Abe Garver holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, Master’s Degree in Finance from the Manderson Graduate School and is registered with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) as a General Securities Representative (Series 7 and 63) and a Limited Representative – Investment Banking (Series 79).
Career
Garver is the Managing Director of Focus Investment Banking. Previous to his position with Focus, he worked for BG Strategic Advisors, Merrill Lynch’s M&A Technology Group and Ernst & Young’s Business Valuation Group. In 2012 Garver was a featured speaker at the eighth Annual Internet Retailer Conference. His speaking topic was, Selling your Company: Preparing for the Pre- and Post-sale World.
Media Contributor
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Abe Garver is also a business and financial contributor to Yahoo Finance, Seeking Alpha, MarketWatch,{{cite web| url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-the-zillow-trulia-deal-affects-online-home-search-2014-07-28 |title=How the Zillow-Trulia deal affects online home search}} and Forbes.com. In Forbes Garver has written about e-commerce, m-commerce, M&A trends, valuation, Internet taxation, entrepreneurship, IPOs, and other topics. In Seeking Alpha, Garver has written about participant motivations in M&A transactions, repercussions of changes to long-term capital gains rates, and the importance of gross margin expansion to valuation. He has also discussed the concept of Showrooming and its effect on the health of both brick and mortar as well as online retailers. As an on-air contributor to Fox Business Network he has discussed strategies relating to selling technology companies as well as trends in electronic commerce, including TV-commerce, same day delivery by online stores, shoppable windows, and user specialization.
Personal life
In addition to his professional pursuits, he is a member of The University Club of New York, Governor Emeritus of the University of Southern California Alumni Association and President Emeritus of the New York City Chapter.
References
References
- link. (May 2, 2012 ''Focus Bankers'' Accessed 2 May 2012)
- Tamkia, Cody [http://www.themiddlemarket.com/maj/2011_38/e_retailers_to_merge-225353-1.html "E-retailers to Merge?"] ''The Middle Market'' Accessed 2 May 2012
- and conference speaker.[https://archive.today/20120710030602/http://irce.internetretailer.com/2012/speakers/abram-garver/ "Speaker"] ''Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition'' Accessed 2 May 2012
- [http://brokercheck.finra.org/Individual/IndividualSummary.aspx?SearchGroup=Individual&FirmKey=-1&BrokerKey=2896225&IndvlBCCtgry=1&IndvlIACtgry=-1 "Finra BrokerCheck"] ''Brokercheck.finra.org'' Accessed 2 May 2012
- "Our Team".
- "Why Alibaba is a big deal (largest IPO in history): Your cheat sheet.". Yahoo Finance.
- "Abe Garver: About". [[Seeking Alpha]].
- (June 27, 2012). "Amazon's Growth Story Continues And Will Pay Off". [[Seeking Alpha]].
- "Abe Garver: Moving the Markets". [[Forbes]].
- Pimm Fox. (October 8, 2012). "Garver: E-Commerce Concerns Me, Valuations & Taxes". Bloomberg TV.
- (November 27, 2012). "Is 'Showrooming,' 'Price-Matching Hurting' Retail?". [[Bloomberg TV]].
- (June 5, 2013). "Will TV-Commerce Be the Next Big Thing?". [[Fox Business Network]].
- [http://www.newyork.uscalumniclubs.org/the-club/club-officers "Club Officers"] ''Newyork.uscalumniclubs.org'' Accessed 2 May 2012
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