About Francis Gaskins

During the IPO season he regularly appears on BloombergTV, CNBC TV other financial cable channels. He recently appeared on BloombergTV to discuss the Rosetta Stone IPO, the potential Skype spin-off from eBay and the IPO market in general. http://bit.ly/ybtru

On the day of the Visa IPO he appeared on four cable financial shows including CNBC http://www.screencast.com/t/XHAbppOl On other CNBC TV shows he has commented on SPACs (special purpose acquisition companies). http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=743189298&play=1

Over the past five years he has been quoted over 500 times by such financial media as the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters, Associated Press, USAtoday among others. Those quotes are available at IPOdesktop.com.

His varied personal interests include violin playing. For example, he is concertmaster of the Palisades Symphony. He also holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an AB from Princeton University.