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Los Angeles Business Journal "Who's Who" October 18, 1999
Angels Among Us: 20 Top Los Angeles-Area Investors - Peter Cowen by David Bohnett Peter Cowen President: Peter Cowen & Associates Age: 42 Source of Wealth: Data Voice Solutions, a computer networking company Preferred Deal Types: Internet firms Focuses on early-stage technology companies… Has equity stakes and a dozen private firms… Takes hands-on approach and likes to involve investment bankers, attorneys and accountants… Known for dry wit and ability to be tough and direct… Says he's attracted more to people involved with products than the products themselves ("At the early stages it's all generated by a belief in the people")… Currently focusing on Internet health companies devoted to such things as allergies and mental health… Investments include StayHealthy.com, which allows people to monitor their own physiology - such as heart rate and blood pressure - by using a home sensor linked to the company Web site… Also involved in Biometric Identification Inc., which develops ways to use fingerprints to access computers and other devices… Started in marketing at Unilever and Hewlett-Packard in the early 80's… Founded Data Voice Solutions in Orange… Eventual sale netted him a large amount of cash… Took a year off and traveled around the world, noting the globalization of companies and influence of American marketing… Made series of investments in the late ' 80s in firms with expanding global operations like Johnson & Johnson, Proctor & Gamble, Coca Cola and Microsoft… Born and raised in Tenafly, NJ… Got bachelor's degree from University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from UCLA… Says, "These are renaissance times and this period will be reveled and looked at as remarkable. It's nice to be a hub of it." |
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