Porter Bibb

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Porter Bibb
Born1936or1937(age 87–88) [1]
DiedJanuary 4, 2025
New York City, NY
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Yale University
OccupationInvestment banker
Known forjournalist, publisher, film producer, author
SpouseAlexandra Penn Bibb [2]

Porter Bibb (born c. 1937, Louisville, Kentucky) [3] was an American financier, media producer, and writer. He is best known as the first publisher of Rolling Stone magazine. [1]

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Biography

Bibb began his career as an investment banker specializing in media, entertainment, and technology ventures. He founded the first investment banking boutique in London [ who? ] in 1962.[ citation needed ] He worked on the team that began Bankers Trust's investment banking unit in 1977,[ citation needed ] which completed over 300 media and entertainment transactions in five years.[ citation needed ] For over 15 years, he was a senior partner and director of investment banking at Ladenburg Thalmann.[ when? ][ citation needed ]

Bibb attended Louisville Male High School and was a member of the Athenaeum Literary Association, a school-sponsored literary and social club. There he got to know another club member, Hunter S. Thompson, who would become an influential counterculture journalist. [4]

Bibb convinced Albert and David Maysles to film the 1969 Woodstock Festival despite the bad weather and the withdrawal of Warner Bros.' financial backing. [1] [5] Bibb also convinced The Rolling Stones to perform at the Altamont Free Concert in 1969, and he produced the 1970 documentary film of the event, Gimme Shelter . [1] [6]

As a journalist, Bibb was a White House correspondent for Newsweek magazine,[ when? ][ citation needed ] the first publisher of Rolling Stone magazine,[ when? ][ citation needed ] and a corporate development director for The New York Times Company.[ when? ] He was the author of several books, including a best-selling biography of Ted Turner (Random House, 1993 and 1997).

He graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in History and earned graduate certificates from the Harvard Business School and London School of Economics.

Bibb is a direct descendant of the first two governors of Alabama: William Wyatt Bibb (1781–1820) and Thomas Bibb (1783–1839). [1]

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References

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  2. "Biographies" Archived 2019-03-22 at the Wayback Machine , Mediatech Capital Partners
  3. "Profile: Porter Bibb: Managing Director, Corporate Finance, MediaTech Capital Partners LLC" Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine , Bloomberg L.P. , Bloomberg Enterprise Technology Summit, May 17th, 2011
  4. "Hunter S Thompson". Archived from the original on 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
  5. "Woodstock remembered" Archived 2009-08-22 at the Wayback Machine , Business News Network video, Friday, August 14, 2009, Interview with Porter Bibb.
  6. "Gimme Shelter" Archived 2013-04-19 at the Wayback Machine , Maysles Films website

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