Lauren Apter

American Airlines, Inc. engages in the provision of airline transportation services. It offers travel insurance, email subscriptions, group and meeting travel and business programs services. The company was founded by C. R. Smith on April 15, 1926 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.

Future Now, Inc. provides online marketing services. Its services include consulting, software, and training. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

HBK Investments LP, do-business-as HBK Capital Management (HBK), is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 1991 and is a subsidiary of HBK Partners II LP. HBK provides discretionary investment management services and related administrative services to their funds, which are private investment funds offered only to sophisticated investors with substantial resources.

Maverick Capital Ltd. (Maverick) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Dallas, Texas. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cohasset Ltd. The firm was founded by Lee Ainslie III in 1993. Maverick provides advisory services to hedge funds, funds of funds, funds making venture capital investments, a private equity fund and related co-investment vehicle, other pooled investment vehicles, and institutional investors.

Part of KPMG International Cooperative, KPMG, Inc. provides audit and accounting services. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada. The CEO of the Canadian company is Walter R. Pela.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Criteria Labs, Inc. designs, makes, and markets semiconductors. It provides outsourced semiconductor services, including testing, FIB, lab, and quick-turn packaging, and board assembly. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX.

E2M Partners LLC (E2M Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of 2M Companies LLC founded in 2004. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.