David Silver
Author of Quantum Companies II, a description of the 100 best small companies in the U.S., is an investment banker to rapidly-emerging, financially-strapped and acquisition-oriented companies. Since forming his own investment banking firm in 1972, Silver has raised over $500 million for 200 companies ranging from raw start-ups to $150 million (sales) companies in industries as diverse as Internet software and health insurance. Companies that need to generate cash quickly are his stock in trade as well as those that need to negotiate terms with creditors or to develop and implement a new strategic plan. Silver’s clients have included ActMedia, ALC Communication, BEST Internet, Bobby McGee’s Conglomeration, Central Data, Comlinear, FoxMeyer, IEC Electronics, Inductotherm, National
Prior to forming his own investment banking firm, Silver was an associate in the Corporate Finance Department of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., now a part of Lehman Brothers, and a commercial banker with Chase Manhattan Bank. Silver has served as an advisor to the U.S. Congress Committee on Technology & Innovation, has advised 10 different state governments on the creation of flourishing entrepreneurial communities, and he founded the "I Have A Dream" Chapter in Santa Fe. He is a Director of the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship to Handicapped and Disadvantaged Youth.
Silver has contributed numerous articles to business magazines and given hundreds of seminars around the world sponsored by the White House, AT&T, Coopers and Lybrand, Price Waterhouse, Malaysian Airlines, Boustead Holdings, Volvo, and others. Silver has written 30 books and produced four audio cassettes on the subject of entrepreneurship. In addition, he is a columnist for both Forbes and Boardwatch. George Gilder, author of Wealth & Poverty, calls Silver "ourUSA Today says, "If entrepreneurship is a religion, then Silver is its high priest." The New York Public Library gave one of Silver’s books, Entrepreneurial Megabucks, to the valedictorians of New York City’s 119 high schools in 1986, along with Faust and The Bible. A financial newsletter, The Ruff Times, said of Silver’s book, When The Bottom Drops, "it is the best book ever written for helping business people solve financial crises." Silver’s book, The Inside Raider, was a MacMillan Business Book Club main selection, and it has been widely acclaimed. His Turnaround and Survival Guide, and Strategic Partnering were Fortune Book Club Main Selections. His recent articles have appeared in Forbes, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Best’s Review, and The Journal of Accountancy.
Born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, Silver graduated from the University of Chicago with B.A. and M.B.A. degrees (1962 and 1963), and currently resides with his wife and children in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
