Mr. Friedman founded Flexis Capital in 2009. Prior to joining Flexis, Mr. Friedman was President, Private Equity and Longer-Term Investments at a multi-strategy hedge fund. From 2000 to 2008, Mr. Friedman was at Bear, Stearns & Co. where he served as a Vice Chairman of Investment Banking and Global Chairman of Mergers & Acquisitions. He was also a member of the Investment Committee for Bear Stearns Merchant Banking and served on the President's Advisory Council. From 1994 to 2000, Mr. Friedman was a Managing Director at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette and built the Media & Communications M&A Group into one of Wall Street's top-ranked teams in the sector. In addition, while at DLJ he worked to source, structure and execute direct investments for DLJ Merchant Banking. Prior to DLJ, Mr. Friedman was at Wasserstein Perella & Co., which he joined at its founding in 1988 from the First Boston Corporation (where he had been in the M&A department). Mr. Friedman received an A.B. with honors and distinction in economics and history from Stanford University in 1983, and a J.D. with honors from Stanford Law School in 1986.
Mr. Dobres joined Flexis Capital at its founding in 2009. Prior to joining Flexis, Mr. Dobres was a Vice President at a multi-strategy hedge fund, where he focused on private equity investments and public investments in the media and communications sectors. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Dobres was a Vice President and prior to that an Associate in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications Investment Banking group at Bear, Stearns & Co. where he advised companies and financial sponsors on mergers and acquisitions and debt financings. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Dobres was an attorney in the mergers and acquisitions group of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. Mr. Dobres received a B.B.A. with distinction from Emory University in 1999, and a J.D. with honors from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2002.
Mr. Wu joined Flexis Capital as a Senior Associate in 2011. Prior to joining Flexis, Mr. Wu was a Senior Manager at the National Basketball Association, where he was involved in collective bargaining negotiations and corporate development. From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Wu was an Associate in the private equity division of Quadrangle Group, where he focused on investments in the media and communications industries. From 2006 to 2008, Mr. Wu was an Analyst in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications Investment Banking group at Bear, Stearns & Co. where he worked extensively with Mr. Friedman and Mr. Dobres. Mr. Wu graduated from Cornell University in 2006 with a B.S. cum laude in Applied Economics and Management.