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  1. A conversation about TheGlobe.com
    A conversation about TheGlobe.com

    with Stephan Paternot and Todd Krizelman on Jul 29, 1999

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Stephan Paternot is a film producer, author, and entrepreneur. In 1994, while still a junior in college, he co-founded one of the first internet community sites, theglobe.com. By age 24, Paternot set stock market history when he successfully took theglobe.com public with a record setting IPO pushing his company valuation to over $1 Billion. In his six years as CEO, he raised nearly $200 million in capital and grew the enterprise to over 300 employees. In 1999, Stephan won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

He published an autobiography, “A Very Public Offering” and launched the Actarus Funds, which invest in high tech startups and was one of the principal backers of Zingy Inc. In 2004, Stephan co-founded Palm-Star Entertainment to focus on the development of independent feature films. He has produced “50 Pills” and “Premium”.

Source: http://paternot.com/blog1/bio/