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Porter Bibb

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Porter Bibb
Born(1937-04-02)April 2, 1937
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedJanuary 4, 2025(2025-01-04) (aged 87)
New York City, U.S.
EducationYale University
OccupationInvestment banker
Known forjournalist, publisher, film producer, author
SpouseAlexandra Penn Bibb [1]

Porter Bibb (April 2, 1937 – January 4, 2025) was an American financier, media producer and writer. He is best known as the first publisher of Rolling Stone magazine.[2]

Life and career

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Bibb was born in Louisville, Kentucky on April 2, 1937.[3] He 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]

He 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.[2][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.[2][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 was a direct descendant of the first two governors of Alabama: William Wyatt Bibb (1781–1820) and Thomas Bibb (1783–1839).[2]

Bibb died of prostate cancer in New York City, on January 4, 2025, at the age of 87.[7]

Books authored

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  • CB Bible, Doubleday, 1976
  • Disco Inferno: An Illustrated Novel, Dolphin, 1979
  • It Ain't As Easy As It Looks: Ted Turner's Amazing Story, Crown, 1993

Filmography

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  • Gimme Shelter (1970) – associate producer
  • Year of the Woman (1973) – producer

References

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  1. ↑ "Biographies" Archived 2019-03-22 at the Wayback Machine, Mediatech Capital Partners
  2. 1 2 3 4 Kissel, Howard (August 13, 2000). "The Vision of Porter Bibb". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 2019-12-14. Retrieved September 7, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Profile: Porter Bibb: Managing Director, Corporate Finance, MediaTech Capital Partners LLC" Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, Bloomberg L.P., Bloomberg Enterprise Technology Summit, May 17th, 2011
  4. ↑ "Hunter S Thompson". Archived from the original on 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
  5. ↑ "Woodstock remembered" Archived 2009-08-22 at the Wayback Machine, Business News Network video, Friday, August 14, 2009, Interview with Porter Bibb.
  6. ↑ "Gimme Shelter" Archived 2013-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, Maysles Films website
  7. ↑ admin (2025-02-06). "Porter Bibb, A Great Man for Humankind Moves On". Pause the World for Peace. Retrieved 2026-05-06.

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