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![]() “Climate change presents a unique challenge for economics: it is the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen.” – Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change Scripps Institution of Oceanography has invited Lee Stein to be Keynote Speaker at its Climate Change and Business Conference, a two-day course co-sponsored by UCSD's RADY School of Management. Lee is a key participant in Scripp's efforts to demystify scientific conclusions as they relate to business risks and investing opportunities. Lee Stein (bio) is Managing Partner of Virtual Group, LLC. In addition to a passion for philanthropy and protecting the environment, Lee has successfully implemented ventures in the following areas: Venture Capital Managing Partner of Virtual Group, LLC, a VC firm investing in early stage companies; Founder of Prize Capital, an innovative venture financing model that capitalizes global competitions for finding solutions to health, scientific, and technological problems; Real Estate Financing and Development President of Seaport Village, an entertainment retailing complex in San Diego; Co-founder of firm that developed Ramada Maingate at Disneyland, a 467-room hotel next to Disneyland, CA; Internet Commerce Inventor (3 patents), co-founder of First Virtual, Chairman and CEO at the time of its IPO, developed a secure online payment system, his IP subsequently acquired by eBay/Paypal; Entertainment Finance Co-founder of Stein & Stein, a management and advisory company for high net worth individuals primarily in the entertainment industry. |
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