Goldman Brings Relationship Capital into Alltel Deal

Goldman's far-reaching relationships into Alltel are well depicted in the following Knowledge Map.   

According to the Knowledge Map, the strongest relationship that Goldman Sachs has with Alltel is through Western Wireless.  The Knowledge Map shows that Terence M O'Toole was a board member of Western Wireless as well as a senior executive of Goldman Sachs.  Goldman Sachs was also an investor into Western Wireless and its financial adviser during its 1996 IPO and secondary offerings. John W Stanton, a co-founder and a former board member of Western Wireless assumed a board seat on Alltel after it acquired Western Wireless nearly two years ago. 

Mr. Stanton's deep relationships into Goldman Sachs also include his former board seat at NII Holdings Inc, where he intersected paths with Carolyn Katz, a former Managing Director of Goldman.  Other relationship intersections include Crane, Adic, and Harvard Business School.

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Texas Pacific Group's relationships with Alltel are much fewer than Goldman's.  This Knowledge Map shows that Two of TPG's inroads into Alltel are also through Goldman. 

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