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Mary G. Meeker (born September ??, 1959 in rural Securities Analyst and Investment Banker primarily associated with Dot Coms and the 1990s Internet Bubble .

Meeker became known as "Queen of the Net" after being dubbed so by '' Barron's Magazine '' in 1998 {Link without Title} .

Meeker holds a B.A. in Psychology from DePauw University (1981) and a M.B.A. in Finance from Cornell University (1986).


CAREER

In 1982, Meeker joined Merrill Lynch as a Stockbroker . After graduate school, she began as an analyst covering the technology sector at Salomon Brothers in 1986. She worked for SG Cowen during 1990-91 before moving to Morgan Stanley to specialize in covering the Personal Computer and New Media industries.

In the early 1990s, while spending time with and E-commerce .

Successful stocks Meeker championed early on included Microsoft , Netscape, AOL , Amazon.com , Yahoo! and EBay . Failed picks included AOL after its Takeover of Time Warner , Excite@Home , Drugstore.com , and Priceline.com .

Meeker was vilified in the press {Link without Title} as one of a number of star analysts who were questioned in fraud investigations after the bursting of the dot com bubble in 2000. Meeker was not charged with any wrongdoing, although several colleagues were charged and Morgan Stanley and nine other investment firms were compelled to participate in a Global Legal Settlement .

As of March 2006, Meeker is a managing director at Morgan Stanley, serving as leader of the investment bank's global technology research team with a particular focus on the 21st century internet boom in China (in 2004, Morgan Stanley published Meeker's "China Internet Report" ).


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