Laurence Spitters
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Who is Laurence Spitters?
Laurence "Larry" Spitters is an American industrialist and investor who co-founded Memorex.
Spitters began his career as an investment banker with Blyth & Co. in 1954 and worked on Wall Street before transferring to Blyth’s office in San Francisco, California. During his tenure at Blyth he was a member of the underwriting and investment banking department and was engaged in the origination, underwriting, and syndication of issues of corporate securities for public distribution, private placement of securities with institutional investors, and evaluation of companies involved in merger and acquisition transactions.
In 1958 he joined Ampex Corporation in Redwood City, California, a firm whose financing he had assisted while previously employed at Blyth & Co. As Assistant to the Vice President and Treasurer at Ampex, he spearheaded Ampex’s initial public offering in 1959. In addition, he led Ampex’s study to merge with Orr Industries, a magnetic tape manufacturing affiliate. In 1960 he was made Ampex’s Assistant Treasurer where he worked closely with the firm’s founder Alexander M.
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- United States of America
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- Western Michigan University
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on July 23, 2013
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