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Rob Steele

Managing Director
Consumer Investment Banking
+1 415.364.2594
rsteele@tweisel.com


Rob Steele is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Consumer Investment Banking at Thomas Weisel Partners. Rob joined the firm in 2005 and is based in San Francisco. He has more than 15 years of experience in Consumer Investment Banking. Prior to joining the firm, Rob was a Managing Director at Cowen & Co. and a Principal at Banc of America Securities. Previously he was an Associate at JP Morgan. Rob received a BA degree with Honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an MBA degree from the Anderson School at UCLA.
Notable Transactions

Company Name
Ticker Trans. Type Trans. Amt.
(in M)
Trans. Date
Global Consumer Acquisition Corp.
GHC IPO $300.0 USD 11/20/07
Noah Education Holdings Ltd
NED IPO $159.0 USD 10/17/07
Morgans Hotel Group
MHGC FO $275.0 USD 7/19/07
Sun Capital Partners/Restaurants Unlimited
-- M&A $75.0 USD 3/27/07
Lone Star Funds/Lone Star Steakhouse and Saloon, Inc.
-- M&A $614.0 USD 8/18/06
Crocs
CROX FO $247.8 USD 8/16/06
Gmarket
GMKT IPO $144.1 USD 6/28/06
Red Lion Hotels
RLH FO $71.3 USD 5/16/06
Crocs
CROX IPO $239.1 USD 2/7/06
Design Within Reach
DWRI FO $32.7 USD 3/10/05

TWP transactions indicated in bold.