The private equity group manages Shamrock Capital Growth Fund I (“SCGF I”) and Shamrock Capital Growth Fund II (“SCGF II”).  Investing in businesses focused on the media, entertainment, and communications industries, Shamrock makes both control and minority investments with a typical investment size ranging from $15 to $50 million in growth capital, leveraged buyout, and recapitalization transactions.  The private equity group typically acts as a lead investor and actively partners with management to assist in growing enterprises and driving success. 


Stephen D. Royer, President and CEO, Shamrock Capital Advisors
  • 20 years of media, entertainment and communications investment experience
  • Managing Director, Shamrock Capital Growth Fund
  • Director /former director of Real D, Media Storm, NETGEAR, PortalPlayer, PRN, Modern Luxury Media, TeleGuam Holdings, and Triad Broadcasting Company
  • Joined Shamrock in 1991.  Prior to Shamrock, was an investment banker with Lehman Brothers
  • Graduate of Stanford University in Quantitative Economics. M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management as a Deutschman Venture Fellow
  • Chairman Emeritus of the Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic and Vice President of St. Paul the Apostle School Foundation Board

Robert F. Perille, Managing Director
  • 18 years of media, entertainment and communications investment experience
  • Director /former director of Ocean Design, Tandus, Harlem Globetrotters International, Publishing Group of America, and NextWave Media Group
  • Joined Shamrock in 2004. Prior to Shamrock, was managing partner of Banc of America Capital Investors, a $700 million private equity and mezzanine partnership.  Spent 23 years with Bank of America in commercial banking, investment banking, leveraged finance and principal investing
  • Graduate of Lawrence University. M.B.A. from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Management of Babson College

William J. Wynperle, Managing Director
  • 12 years of media, entertainment and communications investment experience
  • Director /former director of PRN, LifeStage Media Group, Media Storm, K2 Towers, and TeleGuam Holdings
  • Joined Shamrock in 1998. Prior to Shamrock, was an investment banker in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Salomon Smith Barney, Inc.
  • Graduate of Dartmouth College. M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management as a Deutschman Venture Fellow
  • Board member of the Los Angeles Chapter of Dartmouth Alumni Association. Co-founder and chairman of the UCLA Anderson Venture Capital/Private Equity Alumni Group

Michael A. LaSalle, Vice President
  • 9 years of media, entertainment and communications investment experience
  • Director /former director of Modern Luxury Media, Harlem Globetrotters, and Media Storm
  • Joined Shamrock in 2000. Prior to Shamrock, was an investment banker at the mergers and acquisitions boutique, Putnam Lovell Securities
  • Graduate of the University of Notre Dame, magna cum laude. M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management as a Deutschman Venture Fellow
  • Board member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Notre Dame Alumni Association. Co-founder of the Southern California Association of Private Equity Investors

Andrew J. Howard, Vice President
  • 12 years of media, entertainment and communications investment experience
  • Director /former director of Publishing Group of America, Real D, K2 Towers, Naylor Publications, PrimeCo Wireless, Liberation Entertainment, BASE Entertainment and Board Observer of MetroPCS and OpNext.
  • Joined Shamrock in 2006. Prior to Shamrock, was a Vice President at Clarity Partners, a media and communications focused private equity fund
  • Board Member of Association of Corporate Growth - Los Angeles, Board of Governor’s member of USC Annenberg School - Center for the Digital Future, Member of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television & Radio Association
  • Graduate of Stanford University

Christine Park, Senior Associate
  • 6 years of media, entertainment and communications investment experience
  • Director of K2 Towers
  • Joined Shamrock in 2002. Prior to Shamrock, was an investment banker at DLJ/Credit Suisse First Boston
  • Graduate of the University of California Berkeley. M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business

Alan H. Resnikoff, Senior Associate
  • 4 years of media, entertainment and communications investment experience
  • Joined Shamrock in 2004. Prior to Shamrock, was an associate consultant at Bain & Company
  • Graduate of Stanford University in Economics, M.B.A from the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he received Henry Ford II Scholar award for graduating first in his class. Also was recognized as an Arjay Miller Scholar and as a Siebel Scholar

Kevin Diestel, Associate
  • 2 years of media, entertainment and communications investment experience
  • Joined Shamrock in 2008. Prior to Shamrock, was an investment banking analyst with Merrill Lynch
  • Graduate of University of California Los Angeles

Marshall Nu, Associate
  • 3 years of media, entertainment and communications investment experience
  • Joined Shamrock in 2009. Prior to Shamrock, was a manager in the Corporate Development/Strategic Planning team at AEG
  • Graduate of University of California Los Angeles
Current Holdings
K2 Towers, LLC (“K2 Towers”) was founded in 2009 to consolidate and operate wireless communication towers located throughout the United States.  K2 Towers is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
Media Storm LLC (“Media Storm”) is a strategic media agency providing innovative marketing solutions for clients in the entertainment industry.  Through the creation of ad campaigns and the planning and execution of media strategies, Media Storm specializes in building audiences, acquiring customers, and driving traffic both online and off.  The company’s client list boasts some of the most watched and acclaimed broadcast, cable and film properties.  Founded in 2001 by cable and media veterans Craig Woerz and Tim Williams, Media Storm has been recognized as one of America’s fastest-growing new media agencies.  Media Storm is based in South Norwalk, CT.
Publishing Group of America, Inc. (“PGA”), founded in 1999, is a leading media and marketing company providing value-added content to over 1,500 local newspaper partners in primarily suburban and tertiary markets throughout the U.S.  PGA develops content in consumer interest categories including family, cooking, hometown/special interest and health and wellness.  The company delivers this content to its newspaper partners through multiple distribution platforms, including publications, events, and online, providing its advertisers with fully integrated marketing capabilities and reach.  PGA has three flagship national publications, American Profile, Relish and Spry, with a circulation of approximately 10 million, 15 million, and 9 million, respectively.  PGA is based in Franklin, TN.
REAL D is the worldwide leader in the designing, manufacturing, marketing and licensing of premier 3D visualization technologies for the theatrical, scientific, medical and soon-to-be consumer electronic marketplace.  As of January 2010, REAL D has over 9,500 screens under contract and 4,800 screens installed in 48 countries with 300 exhibitors.  REAL D is based in Beverly Hills, CA.
NextWave Media Group LLC (“NextWave”), founded in 2003, is an online lead generation network focused on the education vertical.  NextWave provides leads to advertisers via third party sites, its own proprietary websites, email publishers and other networks.  NextWave is based in Evanston, IL.
Harlem Globetrotters International, Inc. (“HGI”) is one of the most renowned sports and entertainment franchises in the world.  Originally founded in 1926, HGI is now in its 85th consecutive season.  HGI has played over 25,000 games in 120 countries and entertained over 127 million fans to date.  HGI is based in Phoenix, AZ.
TeleGuam Holdings, LLC (“TeleGuam”) was formed to acquire the operating assets of Guam Telephone Authority, an established local telephone company and the only local exchange carrier, previously owned and operated by the Government of Guam.  Since privatization, TeleGuam has transformed from a fixed voice services company into a quadruple play communications provider offering wireless, fixed voice, high speed data and IPTV services throughout Guam.  TeleGuam is based in Guam, a U.S. Territory.
Triad Broadcasting Company, LLC is a small to mid-market radio broadcasting group, with a focus on quality local programming and customized advertising and marketing services to advertisers.  Triad Broadcasting is based in Monterey, CA.
Previous Holdings
Modern Luxury Media LLC is a leading publisher of regional luxury lifestyle magazines.  Selected publications include Chicago Social, Angeleno, Riviera, San Diego Riviera, Modern Luxury Dallas, and San Francisco magazine. The publications utilize a proprietary controlled circulation distribution system and very high design and production values to attract luxury advertisers.  Modern Luxury is based in Chicago, IL.
LifeStage Media Group was formed in July 2003 to acquire, consolidate and operate regional publications focused on the interests and lifestyles of people 50 years of age and older.  LifeStage Media Group’s flagship publication was Southern California Senior Life, based in Los Angeles, CA.
PortalPlayer, Inc. (“PortalPlayer”) was a supplier of digital media solutions for the consumer marketplace.  The Company designed, developed and marketed semiconductor chipsets for digital media recording and playback using MP3 and other digital compression technologies.  PortalPlayer’s products were driven by proprietary firmware and software that is tightly integrated with electronic commerce and digital rights management protocols.   PortalPlayer was headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.
PRN Corporation (“PRN”) is the largest in-store television network in the United States based on the number of consumers reached each month.  PRN’s programming and television advertising is delivered to consumers in the stores of mass merchant, department store, consumer electronics, warehouse club and supermarket retailers including WalMart and Best Buy.  PRN is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.
NETGEAR, Inc. (“NETGEAR”) is a provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products for the small office and home office (“SOHO”) market.  NETGEAR works closely with leading technology companies to design and develop products that enable home and business users to share Internet access, peripherals, digital content and applications among multiple personal computers and other Internet-enabled devices.  Products are sold through a global network of resellers, including in mass market retail stores, mail order catalogs and online retailers. NETGEAR is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

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