Porter Bibb | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936 or 1937 (age 86–87)[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Occupation | Investment banker |
| Known for | journalist, publisher, film producer, author |
| Spouse | Alexandra Penn Bibb [2] |
Porter Bibb (born c. 1937, Louisville, Kentucky)[3] is an American financier, media producer, and writer. He is best known as the first publisher of Rolling Stone magazine.[1]
Bibb began his career as an investment banker specializing in media, entertainment, and technology ventures. He founded the first investment banking boutique in London[who?] in 1962.[citation needed] He worked on the team that began Bankers Trust's investment banking unit in 1977,[citation needed] which completed over 300 media and entertainment transactions in five years.[citation needed] For over 15 years, he was a senior partner and director of investment banking at Ladenburg Thalmann.[when?][citation needed]
Bibb attended Louisville Male High School and was a member of the Athenaeum Literary Association, a school-sponsored literary and social club. There he got to know another club member, Hunter S. Thompson, who would become an influential counterculture journalist.[4]
Bibb convinced Albert and David Maysles to film the 1969 Woodstock Festival despite the bad weather and the withdrawal of Warner Bros.' financial backing.[1][5] Bibb also convinced The Rolling Stones to perform at the Altamont Free Concert in 1969, and he produced the 1970 documentary film of the event, Gimme Shelter.[1][6]
As a journalist, Bibb was a White House correspondent for Newsweek magazine,[when?][citation needed] the first publisher of Rolling Stone magazine,[when?][citation needed] and a corporate development director for The New York Times Company.[when?] He was the author of several books, including a best-selling biography of Ted Turner (Random House, 1993 and 1997).
He graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in History and earned graduate certificates from the Harvard Business School and London School of Economics.
Bibb is a direct descendant of the first two governors of Alabama: William Wyatt Bibb (1781–1820) and Thomas Bibb (1783–1839).[1]