A securities lawyer, Brad Gerstner graduated from HBS in 2000 and joined General Catalyst.
He left GC and became co-CEO of NLG, an early online travel start-up purchased in part by IAC.
He co-founded Openlist.com, a local search start up that was self-funded and sold to Marchex (Nasdaq: MCHX);
He was a partner at PAR Capital, a multi-billion hedge fund in Boston. Private deals included Farecast (sold to Microsoft), Zillow, and ITA Software.
In 2008, he launched his own hedge fund in Boston - Altimeter Capital.