top 100

Browse 12756 search results

London Links

Even before many grasped the concept of globalization, London had been leading the way. This modern metropolis with an old-world feel is one of the leading financial centers, home to...

Syncom’s New Frontier

It was one of the biggest deals that almost didn’t happen. As part of an investment team, Syncom Venture Partners (No. 8 on the be private equity firms list with $410 million in capital under management) was negotiating with telecommunications giant Motorola Inc. to acquire its satellite subsidiary, Iridium L.L.C. As the parties hammered out the details, a technician at Iridium’s Tempe, Arizona, operations center stood ready to begin the process of bringing the $5 billion constellation of satellites—orbiting at an altitude of 483 miles—into the Earth’s atmosphere to destroy them.

×