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Rehabilitation through philanthropy

Tim Faulkner · 05/17/07 12:53PM

TIM FAULKNER — Frank Quattrone continues to rehab the perception that he is the poster child for corruption in the late-90s tech boom by following the path of his late-80s counterpart Michael Milken, the Drexel junk bond king: remaking himself as a philanthropist. The former Credit Suisse First Boston investment banker, who helped bring Netscape, Cisco, Amazon, and many other notable tech companies public, has been named Chairman of the Board of the San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation, a charity close to his heart and his wallet.