Where's Al (Gore) Been?
Remember the last time you saw Al Gore? I'll bet he was wearing that beard he grew following the 2000 election.
I've always been an Al Gore fan, truth be told. Even though I didn't vote for him in '00, I've long thought he's a man of character and principle.
According to stories I'd read, after 2000 he returned to Tennessee, fired up a few Apple systems to write a book and hit the lecture circuit.
But do you know where Mr. Gore's really been? It's a fascinating story in flying under the radar, actually.
He cofounded Generation Investment Management, a company dedicated to environmentally friendly investing. And that's not it. He also took an advisory position with a dot-com in 2001. You remember the times; very few of those companies survived. The name of the one he joined? Google. And he hooked up with the company before its massively successful IPO.
But that's not it.
Later in 2001 he also teamed with Metropolitan West Financial, a financial firm, before joining Apple's board of directors 2003 (in time to ride Apple's rise to an all-time stock price high).
There's more.
He's also purchased a cable TV news network, then teamed with a former Goldman Sachs CEO to create an investment fund focused on sustainable energy principles. To top it off, he also stole headlines at this year's Sundance Film Festival with his new documentary An Inconvenient Truth.
Say what you want about Gore, but he's certainly been busy. While he may not have invented the Internet, he's certainly proving his entrepreneurial spirit.
I've always been an Al Gore fan, truth be told. Even though I didn't vote for him in '00, I've long thought he's a man of character and principle.
According to stories I'd read, after 2000 he returned to Tennessee, fired up a few Apple systems to write a book and hit the lecture circuit.
But do you know where Mr. Gore's really been? It's a fascinating story in flying under the radar, actually.
He cofounded Generation Investment Management, a company dedicated to environmentally friendly investing. And that's not it. He also took an advisory position with a dot-com in 2001. You remember the times; very few of those companies survived. The name of the one he joined? Google. And he hooked up with the company before its massively successful IPO.
But that's not it.
Later in 2001 he also teamed with Metropolitan West Financial, a financial firm, before joining Apple's board of directors 2003 (in time to ride Apple's rise to an all-time stock price high).
There's more.
He's also purchased a cable TV news network, then teamed with a former Goldman Sachs CEO to create an investment fund focused on sustainable energy principles. To top it off, he also stole headlines at this year's Sundance Film Festival with his new documentary An Inconvenient Truth.
Say what you want about Gore, but he's certainly been busy. While he may not have invented the Internet, he's certainly proving his entrepreneurial spirit.
posted by Erik Eckel at 9:13 PM
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