Howard Shainker

A subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide global equity and fixed research. The equity research department covers more than 100 sectors. They use a fundamental, quantitative, strategic and tactical research approach. In addition to these Lehman has also developed special products, such as 10 uncommon values and 10 uncommon eurovalues.

Founded in 1995 by Daniel Loeb, Third Point Management Co. LLC is a hedge fund manager located in New York City.

Blue Nile, Inc. engages in the retail of diamonds and fine jewellery. Its merchandise consists of engagement and non-engagement products. The engagement product category includes gold or platinum engagement rings with a diamond centre stone and loose diamonds. The non-engagement product category includes rings, wedding bands, earrings, necklaces, pendants, bracelets, gifts, and accessories containing precious metals, diamonds, and gemstones or pearls. The company was founded by Ben Elowitz, Mark C. Vadon and Anne Raimondi in 1999 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Onex Partners (Onex Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of ONEX Corp. founded in 1984. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with offices in New York, New Jersey, Boston and London.

Bow Street LLC is a SEC-registered n investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. A subsidiary of Bow Street Management LP, the firm was founded in 2011 by Howard Shainker and Akiva Katz. Bow Street provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to privately offered pooled investment vehicles. They seek to obtain an investor base generally comprised of institutional investors (such as endowments and foundations), fund of hedge funds, private bank clients and high net-worth individuals.